Total Crime Rate

88.5 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 88.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.8 7/10
  • Public order 23.1 9/10
  • Other theft 19.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Queen Anne Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Mersea and Pyefleet , and the 190th 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 Queen Anne Road (CO5 8BB) in the last 12 months was 88.5 per 1,000 residents and was 113.0% higher than the Mersea and Pyefleet average (41.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 4 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 53.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Queen Anne Road (CO5 8BB), the main crime hotspot is near Queen Anne Road. Police recorded 9 crimes here, including 8 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Queen Anne Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Queen Anne Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Queen Anne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Fountain Court Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Garden Farm Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen Anne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen Anne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen Anne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windsor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Queen Anne Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Victoria Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Queen Anne Road —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Carrington Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Carrington Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Constable Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Rainbow Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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