Postcode · Colchester
Crime in CO2 7PB
How much crime is recorded in CO2 7PB, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Monkwick
- Council
- Colchester
- Region
- East of England
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,253 (2024)
How safe is CO2 7PB
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 30.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CO2 7PB area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
30.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
72
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
CO2 7PBNational
Violence and sexual offences26.023.6
Shoplifting14.48.4
Anti-social behaviour8.110.7
Public order7.94.6
Burglary6.49.1
Other theft5.84.5
Criminal damage and arson2.14.7
Vehicle crime1.93.5
Drugs1.62.4
Theft from the person0.72.1
Other crime0.71.5
Robbery0.61.4
Possession of weapons0.30.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 23% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.