Total Crime Rate

98.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 98.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.6 7/10
  • Other theft 20.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.0 7/10
  • Shoplifting 13.6 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 2/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Bergholt Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 94 local areas in Lexden and Braiswick , and the 166th 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 Bergholt Road (CO4 5AF) in the last 12 months was 98.6 per 1,000 residents and was 94.6% higher than the Lexden and Braiswick average (50.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 34.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bergholt Road (CO4 5AF), the main crime hotspot is near Bradford Drive. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bergholt Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Rectory Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Longacre Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Claremont Heights —
Sep 2025Other theft Claremont Heights Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Claremont Heights Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wedgewood Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Rectory Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rectory Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Groves Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bradford Drive —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bradford Drive —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bradford Drive —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bradford Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Three Crowns Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Three Crowns Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Longacre Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Claremont Heights —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bergholt Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
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Data Sources

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