Total Crime Rate

131.4 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 131.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 90.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.0 9/10
  • Other theft 10.3 8/10
  • Burglary 5.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Public order 2.6 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

Colchester Main Road area has the highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Alresford & Elmstead , and the 80th highest crime rate of 498 local areas in Tendring .

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 Colchester Main Road (CO7 8AP) in the last 12 months was 131.4 per 1,000 residents and was 203.5% higher than the Alresford & Elmstead average (43.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 92.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 56.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Colchester Main Road (CO7 8AP), the main crime hotspot is near Tenpenny Hill. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Colchester Main Road area

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Data Sources

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