Total Crime Rate

250.0 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 250.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 121.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 37.9 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 18.9 10/10
  • Public order 18.9 9/10
  • Drugs 11.4 9/10
  • Burglary 7.6 7/10
  • Other crime 7.6 8/10
  • Robbery 7.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.8 3/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Theft from the person 3.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Magnolia Drive area has the 11th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Greenstead , and the 37th highest crime rate of 615 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 Magnolia Drive (CO4 3LG) in the last 12 months was 250.0 per 1,000 residents and was 79.8% 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 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 151.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Magnolia Drive (CO4 3LG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 197 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Acacia Avenue (40 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Magnolia Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Spruce Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Willingham Way
Sep 2025Other theft Willingham Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willingham Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Spruce Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Spruce Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Spruce Avenue
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Almond Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Almond Way Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Almond Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Almond Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hawthorn Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hawthorn Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Acacia Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Acacia Avenue
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Spruce Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation

Data Sources

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