Crime Rates at Searle Way, Eight Ash Green, Colchester, CO6 3QS

Searle Way area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 94 local areas in Lexden and Braiswick , and the 90th lowest crime rate of 619 local areas in Colchester .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Searle Way (CO6 3QS) in the last 12 months was 19.3 per 1,000 residents and was 59.9% lower than the Lexden and Braiswick average (48.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 13.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 150.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Searle Way (CO6 3QS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Searle Way, where police recorded 1 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Heathfields (1 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.