Total Crime Rate

79.9 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 79.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.8 6/10
  • Other theft 16.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.6 7/10
  • Public order 9.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.2 4/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • 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
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

East Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Marks Tey and Layer , and the 221st highest crime rate of 615 local areas in Colchester .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around East Road (CO5 8UJ) in the last 12 months was 79.9 per 1,000 residents and was 19.2% higher than the Marks Tey and Layer average (67.0 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 38.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around East Road (CO5 8UJ), the main crime hotspot is near Broman'S Lane, with 3 recorded incidents. This location is within roughly 0.3 miles of the postcode area.

View Crime In Marks Tey and Layer

Crime Over Time in East Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (0/0)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
No crimes for this selection.
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 0 of 0

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.

↑