Colchester 008E
NeighbourhoodEast Colchester. 1,525 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.2 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Colchester 008E is in decile 1.
How Colchester 008E compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Colchester 008E safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Colchester 008E at a rate of 292.5 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 170.8 per 1,000 people across Greenstead.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 30 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Colchester 008E.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (211), other crime (75) and anti-social behaviour (58).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Colchester
These figures are published for the whole of Colchester, not for each neighbourhood, so they describe all of Colchester and not Colchester 008E alone. See Colchester
Colchester 008E in brief
Colchester 008E has a deprivation score of 56.9 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
Colchester 008E had 1,390 usual residents at the census.
In Colchester 008E, 91.1% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Colchester 008E, 7.8% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.