Total Crime Rate

143.5 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 143.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 62.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.4 6/10
  • Public order 14.4 8/10
  • Other crime 9.6 9/10
  • Other theft 9.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.6 8/10
  • Robbery 4.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Dewberry Close area has the 21st highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Greenstead , and the 93rd highest crime rate of 615 local areas in Colchester .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Dewberry Close (CO4 3RT) in the last 12 months was 143.5 per 1,000 residents and was 3.2% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 81.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dewberry Close (CO4 3RT), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 197 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Dewberry Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chase Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Spruce Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conifer Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hickory Avenue —
Sep 2025Burglary Hickory Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hickory Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hickory Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Hickory Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lime Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Spruce Avenue —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Spruce Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Spruce Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Spruce Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tamarisk Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Juniper Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tamarisk Way —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Tamarisk Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
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 2025Criminal damage and arson Conifer Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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