Total Crime Rate
125.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
44.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Manor Road area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 42 local areas in Castle , and the 130th highest crime rate of 619 local areas in Colchester .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Manor Road (CO3 3LU) in the last 12 months was 125.0 per 1,000 residents and was 57.9% lower than the Castle average (297.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 44.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Manor Road (CO3 3LU), the main crime hotspot is near Police Station. Police recorded 318 crimes here, including 213 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Colchester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balkerne Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balkerne Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Formal action is not in the public interest |
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