Total Crime Rate

251.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 251.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 120.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.6 8/10
  • Public order 15.4 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.7 6/10
  • Other theft 5.1 5/10
  • Robbery 5.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.1 5/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Thornton Drive area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 94 local areas in Lexden and Braiswick , and the 36th 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 Thornton Drive (CO4 5WB) in the last 12 months was 251.3 per 1,000 residents and was 395.7% 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 Shoplifting with 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 74.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 163.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 21.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Thornton Drive (CO4 5WB), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 75 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Thornton Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Potter Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wryneck Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Worsdell Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Mccluskeys Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mccluskeys Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Mccluskeys Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Potter Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Jade Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Potter Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jade Gardens Formal action is not in the public interest
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Data Sources

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