Crime Rates at Sheepen Place, Colchester, CO3 3LD

Sheepen Place area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 41 local areas in Castle , and the 180th highest crime rate of 615 local areas in Colchester .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sheepen Place (CO3 3LD) in the last 12 months was 92.8 per 1,000 residents and was 70.3% lower than the Castle average (311.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 30.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sheepen Place (CO3 3LD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Market Close, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sheepen Road (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.