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12,242 people · median £220,000 · Colchester

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Colchester Council · Conservative / Liberal Democrat coalition 30/51 seats · 59% · OCD 2026

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How safe is it? This postcode sector

Crime runs at 10 per 1,000 residents a month — above the 9.9 average across districts Acreright covers. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

Monthly recorded crimes within this postcode sector

Per 1,000 / month10

Average across Acreright-covered districts9.9

Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months this postcode sector

Violence and sexual offences

411

Anti-social behaviour

Shoplifting

Public order

Vehicle crime

Criminal damage and arson

Recorded crimes by category within this postcode sector, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

On or near	Crimes
Supermarket	100
Cowdray Crescent	39
Kendall Road	29
Eaglegate	27
East Bay	15

Busiest anonymised "on or near" markers over the last 6 months — click a row to centre the crime map there · retail-heavy spots naturally rank high (shoplifting concentrates where the shops are), and some forces log crimes at their police station, so a station can rank high without the crime happening there · police.uk

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