Total Crime Rate

103.1 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 103.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.7 10/10
  • Burglary 11.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.6 4/10
  • Other theft 7.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.6 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Robbery 3.8 5/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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.
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Crime overview

The Avenue area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Wivenhoe , and the 157th 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 The Avenue (CO7 9PW) in the last 12 months was 103.1 per 1,000 residents and was 139.5% higher than the Wivenhoe average (43.0 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 , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 38.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 221.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Avenue (CO7 9PW), the main crime hotspot is near Nelson Close. Police recorded 17 crimes here, including 6 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nelson Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft B1028 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stanley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ernest Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ernest Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ernest Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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