Total Crime Rate

127.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 127.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 34.9 10/10
  • Public order 17.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.6 6/10
  • Drugs 5.8 6/10
  • Other theft 5.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Langdale Drive area has the 14th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Highwoods , and the 108th 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 Langdale Drive (CO4 9TU) in the last 12 months was 127.9 per 1,000 residents and was 44.3% higher than the Highwoods average (88.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 69.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Langdale Drive (CO4 9TU), the main crime hotspot is near Attwood Close. Police recorded 26 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Langdale Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Tynedale Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences California Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grassmere Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tynedale Square Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Langdale Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Attwood Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Attwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Highclere Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Purvis Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grassmere Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hanbury Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hanbury Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hanbury Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hanbury Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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