Total Crime Rate

358.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 358.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 111.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 105.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 35.3 10/10
  • Other crime 23.5 10/10
  • Public order 23.5 9/10
  • Burglary 17.7 10/10
  • Other theft 17.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.8 6/10
  • Drugs 11.8 9/10
  • Bicycle 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
  • 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

Compton Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Greenstead , and the 21st 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 Compton Road (CO4 0EA) in the last 12 months was 358.8 per 1,000 residents and was 158.1% higher than the Greenstead average (139.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , down -60.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 135.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -39.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Compton Road (CO4 0EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Edmund'S Court (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Compton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Frank Clater Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dilbridge Road West Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson King Cole Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ratcliffe Court —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairhead Road South Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ratcliffe Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft St Edmund'S Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft St Edmund'S Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dilbridge Road East Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dilbridge Road East Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dilbridge Road East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
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Data Sources

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