New Town and Christ Church
WardNorth east Colchester. About 15,162 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.5 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in New Town and Christ Church live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How New Town and Christ Church compares
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Is New Town and Christ Church safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in New Town and Christ Church at a rate of 119.6 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 94.4 per 1,000 people across Colchester.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 181 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in New Town and Christ Church.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (804), other crime (329) and shoplifting (251).
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 ward, so they describe all of Colchester and not New Town and Christ Church alone. See Colchester
New Town and Christ Church in brief
New Town and Christ Church had 14,671 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in New Town and Christ Church live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In New Town and Christ Church, 92.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In New Town and Christ Church, 4.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.