Total Crime Rate
395.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
171.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sullivan Close area has the 5th highest crime rate of 80 local areas in Greenstead , and the 20th highest crime rate of 619 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 Sullivan Close (CO4 3UL) in the last 12 months was 395.1 per 1,000 residents and was 148.3% higher 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 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 63 (≈ 171.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sullivan Close (CO4 3UL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chase Court, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Affleck Road (22 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 | Colne Causeway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Affleck Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chase Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chase Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rochdale Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scarfe Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rochdale Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rochdale Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alefounder Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnold Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnold Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnold Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnold Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Affleck Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chase Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Affleck Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Britten Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Britten Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penrice Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Balfe Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfe Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfe Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wheeler Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodcock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Laing Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laing Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chase Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rochdale Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chase Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mascot Square | Under investigation |
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