Postcode · Colchester
Crime in CO4 9TS
How much crime is recorded in CO4 9TS, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Highwoods
- Council
- Colchester
- Region
- East of England
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,497 (2024)
CO4 9TSColchester
How safe is CO4 9TS
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 20.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CO4 9TS area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
20.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
33
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).
CO4 9TSNational
Violence and sexual offences13.723.6
Criminal damage and arson4.94.7
Vehicle crime4.83.5
Burglary4.19.1
Drugs2.42.4
Public order2.04.6
Anti-social behaviour2.010.7
Other theft0.64.5
Other crime0.61.5
Bicycle theft0.21.0
Possession of weapons0.10.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 59% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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40
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.