Total Crime Rate

72.3 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 72.3 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.0 4/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Public order 4.0 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Mill Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Highwoods , and the 244th highest crime rate of 615 local areas in Colchester .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Mill Road (CO4 5LF) in the last 12 months was 72.3 per 1,000 residents and was 18.4% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 56.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 193.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mill Road (CO4 5LF), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Mill Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Defoe Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dickenson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Church Farm Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Farm Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dickenson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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