Total Crime Rate
157.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
99.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Britten Close area has the 24th highest crime rate of 80 local areas in Greenstead , and the 93rd highest crime rate of 619 local areas in Colchester .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Britten Close (CO4 3UN) in the last 12 months was 157.1 per 1,000 residents and was 1.3% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 99.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 136.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Britten Close (CO4 3UN), the main crime hotspot is near Hunwicke Road. Police recorded 48 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Colchester| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfe Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rochdale Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnold Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laing Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Laing Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tangerine Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alefounder Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Balfe Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lugar Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mascot Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rochdale Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rochdale Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rochdale Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnold Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Balfe Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodcock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chase Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chase Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chase Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Triumph Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Triumph Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Triumph Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chase Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chase Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnold Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnold Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Affleck Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hunwicke Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scarfe Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penrice Close | Under investigation |
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