Total Crime Rate

232.3 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 232.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 101.0 10/10
  • Other theft 30.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.3 10/10
  • Public order 20.2 9/10
  • Burglary 10.1 8/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Other crime 5.1 7/10
  • Theft from the person 5.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.1 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Hickory Avenue area has the 13th highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Greenstead , and the 41st highest crime rate of 615 local areas in Colchester .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hickory Avenue (CO4 3SB) in the last 12 months was 232.3 per 1,000 residents and was 67.1% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 121.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hickory Avenue (CO4 3SB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hickory Avenue, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Andrew'S Avenue (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hickory Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Elm Crescent —
Sep 2025Drugs Howe Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Hainault Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Andrew'S Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Andrew'S Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Andrew'S Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Andrew'S Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hainault Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hainault Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Howe Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Juniper Way 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 2025Criminal damage and arson Conifer Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conifer Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Juniper Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery The Chase Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Elm Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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