Total Crime Rate

67.1 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 67.1 6/10
  • Shoplifting 27.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.1 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 6.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Burglary 3.1 2/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Drugs 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

Elmstead Road area has the 33rd lowest crime rate of 79 local areas in Greenstead , and the 260th highest crime rate of 615 local areas in Colchester .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Elmstead Road (CO4 3AD) in the last 12 months was 67.1 per 1,000 residents and was 51.8% lower than the Greenstead average (139.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 800.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 9.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Elmstead Road (CO4 3AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Annan Road, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Andrew'S Avenue (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Elmstead Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Swan Close —
Sep 2025Drugs Wheeler Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Capstan Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lightship Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lightship Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lightship Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Lightship Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scarfe Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scarfe Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wheeler Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Annan Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wheeler Close —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bennet Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bennet Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bennet Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tippett Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Tippett Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Alefounder Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order St Andrew'S Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Elmstead Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Triumph Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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