Total Crime Rate
99.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
78.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cotswold Court area has the 20th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Highwoods , and the 178th highest crime rate of 619 local areas in Colchester .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cotswold Court (CO4 9RT) in the last 12 months was 99.3 per 1,000 residents and was 10.7% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 78.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cotswold Court (CO4 9RT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 142 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Princess Drive (52 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Highwoods| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Princess Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sioux Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princess Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princess Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princess Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Princess Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Princess Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Princess Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chinook | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Princess Drive | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sioux Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sea King Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princess Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elizabeth Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elizabeth Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elizabeth Close | — |
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