Colchester 015A
NeighbourhoodCentral Colchester. 1,412 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.3 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Colchester 015A is in decile 2.
How Colchester 015A compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Colchester 015A safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Colchester 015A at a rate of 165.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 92.0 per 1,000 people across Shrub End.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 11 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Colchester 015A.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (85), other crime (47) and shoplifting (46).
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 015A alone. See Colchester
Colchester 015A in brief
Colchester 015A has a deprivation score of 34.2 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
Colchester 015A had 1,414 usual residents at the census.
In Colchester 015A, 93.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Colchester 015A, 5.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.