Annual crime rate in Colchester postcode area is 49.1, i.e. 49.1 crimes reported per annum per 1000 workday people. Compared to the national crime rate, Colchester's crime rate is at 149%. Violent crime makes up 40.8% of all crimes reported in the postcode area. The total number of "violent crime" is 19.1k, and this number has increased by 6.2% when compared year-over-year in the period of November 2020 - October 2021.
November 2020 - October 2021
Violent crime rate is 49.1 crimes reported per 1,000 working people per annum. It's the 10. highest crime rate out of 99 England and Wales' postcode areas.
The total number of "violent crime" is 19.1k, and this number has increased by 6.2% when compared year-over-year in the period of November 2020 - October 2021. 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 November 2020 - October 2021 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.
Crime rate percentage changeMonthly crime volumes till October 2021.
Annual crime rate per 1000 workday people
Total number of crimes reported in a given calendar month (1 = January … 12 = December) in the previous five years, i.e. from 2016 till 2020.
