Highwoods

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12,003 people · median £302,500 · Colchester

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High wellbeing

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

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How safe is it? This neighbourhood

Crime runs at 5.2 per 1,000 residents a month — below 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 neighbourhood

Per 1,000 / month5.2

Average across Acreright-covered districts9.9

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

By category, 12 months this neighbourhood

Violence and sexual offences

351

Shoplifting

102

Public order

Anti-social behaviour

Criminal damage and arson

Other theft

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

Where crime clusters

On or near	Crimes
Petrol Station	94
Princess Drive	23
Regents Close	14
Elizabeth Close	13
Brinkley Lane	11

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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