Total Crime Rate

37.9 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025

Violent Crime Rate

25.3 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

Nov 2024 - Oct 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 37.9 4/10
  • Violent crimes 25.3 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.7 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.1 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.5 1/10
  • Burglary 2.5 1/10
  • Other crime 2.5 2/10
  • Public order 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Church Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in Rural North , and the 218th lowest crime rate of 616 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 Church Road (CO4 5TQ) in the last 12 months was 37.9 per 1,000 residents and was 2.1% higher than the Rural North average (37.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 25.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -52.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Road (CO4 5TQ), the main crime hotspot is near Church Road, with 1 recorded incidents. This location is within roughly 0.3 miles of the postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Church Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Oct 2025Burglary Church Road Under investigation
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 1 of 1

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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