Total Crime Rate

95.7 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 95.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 80.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.2 5/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Porters Cottages area has the 18th highest crime rate of 94 local areas in Lexden and Braiswick , and the 176th highest crime rate of 615 local areas in Colchester .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Porters Cottages (CO3 9TT) in the last 12 months was 95.7 per 1,000 residents and was 88.8% higher than the Lexden and Braiswick average (50.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 13.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -87.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 86.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 160.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Porters Cottages (CO3 9TT), the main crime hotspot is near Fiddlers Folly. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Porters Cottages area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (2/2)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fiddlers Folly Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Porter'S Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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