Total Crime Rate
373.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
217.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chesterwell Mews area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Highwoods , and the 25th 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 Chesterwell Mews (CO4 5FX) in the last 12 months was 373.9 per 1,000 residents and was 316.9% higher than the Highwoods average (89.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 76 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 95 (≈ 217.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chesterwell Mews (CO4 5FX), the main crime hotspot is near Boxted Road. Police recorded 80 crimes here, including 66 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Mile End| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walnut Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boxted Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Whitebeam Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Amelia Chase | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Amelia Chase | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boxted Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ascot Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chestnut Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boxted Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boxted Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boxted Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Boxted Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitmore Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chestnut Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Pleasant Plains Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Walnut Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chestnut Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
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