Total Crime Rate

82.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 82.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.3 8/10
  • Other theft 6.1 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.1 1/10
  • Burglary 3.1 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Heaton Way area has the 7th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Tiptree , and the 210th highest crime rate of 615 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 Heaton Way (CO5 0DZ) in the last 12 months was 82.8 per 1,000 residents and was 69.5% higher than the Tiptree average (48.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 58.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Heaton Way (CO5 0DZ), the main crime hotspot is near Spinneyfields. Police recorded 14 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Heaton Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Heaton Way —
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Data Sources

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