Total Crime Rate
19.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
13.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ipswich Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 80 local areas in Greenstead , and the 89th lowest 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 Ipswich Road (CO4 0HG) in the last 12 months was 19.3 per 1,000 residents and was 87.9% lower than the Greenstead average (159.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 13.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ipswich Road (CO4 0HG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hallcroft Chase, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ernest Fancy Lane (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
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