Colchester 021B
NeighbourhoodSouth Colchester. 1,473 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 0.4 square kilometres.
Deprivation by neighbourhood
English Indices of Deprivation 2025
In the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, Colchester 021B is in decile 4.
How Colchester 021B compares
Each dot is a neighbourhood. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Colchester 021B safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Colchester 021B at a rate of 53.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 45.0 per 1,000 people across West Mersea.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 2 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Colchester 021B.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (33), other crime (18) and criminal damage and arson (14).
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 021B alone. See Colchester
Colchester 021B in brief
Colchester 021B has a deprivation score of 22.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
The median price paid for a home in Colchester 021B was £335,000 in 2025.
Colchester 021B had 1,517 usual residents at the census.
In Colchester 021B, 23.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.