Colchester violent crime statistics

Annual crime rate in Colchester postcode area is 43.8 crimes per annum per 1000 workday people as of March 2024. Compared to the national crime rate, Colchester's crime rate is at 124%. Violent crime makes up 44.7% of all crimes reported in the postcode area. The total number of "violent crime" is 17.1k, and this number has decreased by 10.4% when compared year-over-year in the period of February 2023 - January 2024.

43.8

annual crime rate per 1k workday people

124%

of national crime rate

44.7%

of all crimes

17.1k

crimes reported

-10.4%

annual change

Colchester violent crime rate comparison map

Colchester violent crime rate comparison map

Colchester violent crime rate rank

Violent crime rate is 43.8 crimes reported per 1,000 working people per annum. It's the 20. highest crime rate out of 95 England and Wales' postcode areas.

20.

highest crime rate out of 95 postcode areas

43.8

annual crime rate per 1k workday people
Colchester violent crime rate rank

Colchester violent crime rate compared to other areas

The total number of "violent crime" is 17.1k, and this number has decreased by 10.4% when compared year-over-year in the period of February 2023 - January 2024. In the graph below, postcode area are compared by crime rate and crime rate percentage change. Crime rate percentage change compares the postcode area crime rate between February 2023 - January 2024 to the postcode area crime rate in the previous 12 months. The size of the circle reflects the number of total crimes reported. The bigger the circle, the higher the number of crimes reported in the postcode area.

-10.4%

annual change

43.8

annual crime rate per 1k workday people

17.1k

crimes reported
Colchester violent crime rate compared to other areasCrime rate percentage change
Crime rate per 1000 workday people

Colchester violent crime volume

Number of crime incidents by month from January 2011 to January 2024.

Colchester violent crime volume

Colchester violent crime rate

Annual crime rate per 1000 workday people

Colchester violent crime rate

Colchester violent crime seasonality

Total number of crimes reported in a given calendar month (1 = January … 12 = December) in the previous five years, i.e. from 2019 till 2023.

Colchester violent crime seasonality

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