Annual crime rate in Colchester postcode area is 45.5, i.e. 45.5 crimes reported per annum per 1000 workday people. Compared to the national crime rate, Colchester's crime rate is at 142%. Violent crime makes up 36.6% of all crimes reported in the postcode area. The total number of "violent crime" is 17.7k, and this number has increased by 11.4% when compared year-over-year in the period of March 2019 - February 2020.
45.5
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
142%
of national crime rate
36.6%
of all crimes
17.7k
crimes reported
11.4%
annual change
Colchester violent crime rate comparison map
March 2019 - February 2020
Postcode sector
Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate
Crime rate per 1000 workday people
Total number of crimes
CO1 1
236%
76
894
CO1 2
283%
91
846
CO10 0
115%
37
364
CO10 1
151%
48
361
CO10 2
119%
38
321
CO10 5
147%
47
87
CO10 7
54%
17
93
CO10 8
57%
18
104
CO10 9
52%
17
95
CO11 1
89%
28
134
CO11 2
62%
20
121
CO12 3
249%
80
528
CO12 4
157%
50
509
CO12 5
64%
21
61
CO13 0
108%
35
235
CO13 9
59%
19
76
CO14 8
102%
33
204
CO15 1
328%
105
1035
CO15 2
386%
124
656
CO15 3
333%
107
827
CO15 4
110%
35
298
CO15 5
49%
16
89
CO15 6
177%
57
354
CO16 0
174%
56
163
CO16 7
178%
57
218
CO16 8
222%
71
598
CO16 9
110%
35
206
CO2 0
151%
48
173
CO2 7
245%
79
711
CO2 8
204%
65
720
CO2 9
154%
49
411
CO3 0
104%
33
242
CO3 3
105%
34
362
CO3 4
84%
27
152
CO3 8
156%
50
105
CO3 9
120%
39
149
CO4 0
130%
42
225
CO4 3
174%
56
931
CO4 5
177%
57
941
CO4 9
103%
33
376
CO5 0
95%
30
253
CO5 7
92%
30
102
CO5 8
84%
27
177
CO5 9
64%
21
124
CO6 1
68%
22
188
CO6 2
97%
31
182
CO6 3
66%
21
100
CO6 4
70%
23
114
CO6 5
11%
4
2
CO7 0
95%
30
203
CO7 6
48%
16
83
CO7 7
70%
22
136
CO7 8
54%
17
86
CO7 9
94%
30
161
CO8 5
55%
18
31
CO9 1
157%
50
354
CO9 2
108%
35
223
CO9 3
85%
27
124
CO9 4
87%
28
90
Colchester violent crime rate rank
Violent crime rate is 45.5 crimes reported per 1,000 working people per annum. It's the 11. highest crime rate out of 104 England and Wales' postcode areas.
11.
highest crime rate out of 104 postcode areas
45.5
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
Colchester violent crime rate compared to other areas
The total number of "violent crime" is 17.7k, and this number has increased by 11.4% when compared year-over-year in the period of March 2019 - February 2020. 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 March 2019 - February 2020 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.
11.4%
annual change
45.5
annual crime rate per 1k workday people
17.7k
crimes reported
Crime rate percentage changeCrime rate per 1000 workday people
Colchester violent crime rate
Annual crime rate per 1000 workday people
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 2015 till 2019.
