Total Crime Rate

446.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 446.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 228.8 10/10
  • Other theft 33.2 10/10
  • Public order 33.2 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 29.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.1 9/10
  • Drugs 18.5 10/10
  • Other crime 14.8 10/10
  • Robbery 14.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 11.1 9/10
  • Shoplifting 7.4 5/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.7 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sheepen Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Castle , and the 16th highest crime rate of 615 local areas in Colchester .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sheepen Road (CO3 3LF) in the last 12 months was 446.5 per 1,000 residents and was 43.2% higher 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 62 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -58.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 75 (≈ 276.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sheepen Road (CO3 3LF), the main crime hotspot is near Sheepen Road. Police recorded 46 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sheepen Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Sheepen Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Marys Fields Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Sheepen Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Henry Laver Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sheepen Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sheepen Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order St Marys Fields Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order James Wick Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour James Wick Court —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Chase Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sheepen Road —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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