Total Crime Rate
19.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sycamore Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 80 local areas in Greenstead , and the 87th lowest crime rate of 619 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 Sycamore Road (CO4 3NE) in the last 12 months was 19.1 per 1,000 residents and was 88.0% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 33.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 15.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sycamore Road (CO4 3NE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 177 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Acacia Avenue (46 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Colchester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Blackthorn Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clematis Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clematis Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Honeysuckle Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Linden Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Linden Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linden Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linden Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linden Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linden Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linden Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linden Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linden Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Almond Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.