Total Crime Rate
200.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Worsdell Way area has the 7th highest crime rate of 94 local areas in Lexden and Braiswick , and the 55th highest crime rate of 615 local areas in Colchester .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Worsdell Way (CO4 5WQ) in the last 12 months was 200.0 per 1,000 residents and was 294.6% 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -77.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 64.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Worsdell Way (CO4 5WQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 75 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Lexden and Braiswick| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jade Gardens | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Jade Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Potter Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Potter Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Potter Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Worsdell Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barton Boulevard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Barton Boulevard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Mccluskeys Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mccluskeys Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mccluskeys Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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