Total Crime Rate

252.4 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 252.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 124.6 9/10
  • Public order 54.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.6 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Munnings Road area has the highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Prettygate , and the 34th 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 Munnings Road (CO3 4QG) in the last 12 months was 252.4 per 1,000 residents and was 511.1% higher than the Prettygate average (41.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 333.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 92.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Munnings Road (CO3 4QG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rembrandt Way (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Munnings Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nash Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pond Chase Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime All Saints Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Hills Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bawtree Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Winston Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rembrandt Way Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

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