Total Crime Rate

32.0 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 32.0 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.7 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.1 7/10
  • Burglary 4.6 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.6 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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.
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Crime overview

Colchester Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Hedingham , and the 171st lowest crime rate of 481 local areas in Braintree .

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 Colchester Road (CO8 5AE) in the last 12 months was 32.0 per 1,000 residents and was 31.0% lower than the Hedingham average (46.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 13.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 200.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Colchester Road (CO8 5AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hamlet Court, where police recorded 4 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cambridge Way (3 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Colchester Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime New Cut Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hamlet Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bridge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Church Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order The Waldegraves Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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