Total Crime Rate
135.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
101.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Attwood Close area has the 13th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Highwoods , and the 119th highest crime rate of 619 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 Attwood Close (CO4 9FE) in the last 12 months was 135.6 per 1,000 residents and was 51.2% 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 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 101.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Attwood Close (CO4 9FE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Highclere Road, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chinook (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Highwoods| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunters Ridge | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jack Andrews Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawlings Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langdale Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Langdale Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jack Andrews Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Domitian Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grassmere | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Attwood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hanbury Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hanbury Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chinook | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tiberius Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brinkley Lane | Under investigation |
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