Crime category | Share of all crimes | Ranking (95 postcode areas) | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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Violent crime → | 44.7% | 20. highest | 124% | 17.1k | -10.4% |
Antisocial behaviour crime → | 9.1% | 7. lowest | 57% | 3.5k | -37.5% |
Criminal damage and arson crime → | 8.4% | 41. highest | 104% | 3.2k | -17.0% |
Public order crime → | 8.2% | 41. highest | 100% | 3.1k | -22.4% |
Other theft crime → | 7.2% | 39. lowest | 88% | 2.8k | -4.2% |
Shoplifting crime → | 5.4% | 14. lowest | 74% | 2.1k | 11.9% |
Vehicle crime → | 4.7% | 34. lowest | 72% | 1.8k | -18.9% |
Burglary crime → | 3.9% | 38. lowest | 88% | 1.5k | -2.3% |
Drugs crime → | 2.7% | 47. highest | 96% | 1.0k | 1.5% |
Other crime → | 2.2% | 30. highest | 117% | 825 | 7.8% |
Bicycle theft crime → | 1.3% | 23. highest | 115% | 507 | 21.0% |
Possession of weapons crime → | 1.0% | 38. highest | 109% | 385 | 27.1% |
Robbery crime → | 0.7% | 40. lowest | 53% | 272 | 5.8% |
Theft from the person crime → | 0.5% | 32. lowest | 26% | 208 | -1.0% |
Crime category | Share of all crimes | Crime rate ranking | % of national crime rate | Crime volume | % annual change |
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The category of "violent crime" is the highest ranking crime category when category crime rate is compared to the national average. "Violent crime" rate is at 124% of national crime rate which puts Colchester on 20. position out of 95 England's and Wales' postcode areas in this crime category. "Violent crime" makes up 44.7% of all crimes committed in the area. The total number of "violent crime" is 17.1k cases and has decreased by 10.4% when compared year-over-year in the period of February 2023 - January 2024.