Total Crime Rate

108.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

47.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 108.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 47.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.0 9/10
  • Other theft 16.0 9/10
  • Public order 16.0 9/10
  • Other crime 6.4 8/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hillside Cottages area has the 8th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Marks Tey and Layer , and the 162nd 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 Hillside Cottages (CO5 8TE) in the last 12 months was 108.6 per 1,000 residents and was 44.6% higher than the Marks Tey and Layer average (75.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 47.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hillside Cottages (CO5 8TE), the main crime hotspot is near Meeting Lane. Police recorded 7 crimes here, including 4 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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