Crime Rates at Mile End Road, Colchester, CO4 5DZ

Mile End Road area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Highwoods , and the 205th 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 Mile End Road (CO4 5DZ) in the last 12 months was 84.4 per 1,000 residents and was 4.8% lower than the Highwoods average (88.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 52.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mile End Road (CO4 5DZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dickenson Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.