Crime · Colchester

Reported crime in Colchester

Name: Colchester crime statistics
Creator: police.uk
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

16,699 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 116 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

16,699

Rate / 1,000

116

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	7,118	43%
Anti social behaviour	1,858	11%
Shoplifting	1,575	9%
Public order	1,179	7%
Other theft	1,076	6%
Criminal damage and arson	1,071	6%
Vehicle crime	930	6%
Burglary	458	3%
Drugs	451	3%
Other crime	306	2%
Bicycle theft	214	1%
Robbery	200	1%
Possession of weapons	154	1%
Theft from the person	109	1%

Category by month

Category	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Total
Violence and sexual offences	497	615	586	565	556	536	638	560	602	631	724	608	7118
Anti social behaviour	128	102	112	82	106	96	173	204	179	202	234	240	1858
Shoplifting	119	149	68	78	105	121	167	136	157	174	179	122	1575
Public order	116	91	78	74	78	98	91	97	111	124	109	112	1179
Other theft	79	95	87	92	92	80	84	77	81	94	119	96	1076
Criminal damage and arson	93	96	81	90	77	65	78	89	93	92	98	119	1071
Vehicle crime	101	98	116	80	65	113	63	62	45	63	64	60	930
Burglary	50	45	40	46	41	39	41	31	24	35	33	33	458
Drugs	35	32	31	40	55	51	48	42	32	30	24	31	451
Other crime	21	31	27	24	34	26	24	24	24	15	38	18	306
Bicycle theft	27	30	22	8	8	12	23	26	18	17	7	16	214
Robbery	11	22	18	8	17	13	13	12	23	25	28	10	200
Possession of weapons	11	14	16	12	12	10	20	10	16	13	10	10	154
Theft from the person	5	4	14	9	9	5	6	11	10	12	10	14	109
Total	1293	1424	1296	1208	1255	1265	1469	1381	1415	1527	1677	1489	16699

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Colchester, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 144,357.