Old Heath and The Hythe
WardEast Colchester. About 13,062 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 8.7 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Old Heath and The Hythe live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Old Heath and The Hythe compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Old Heath and The Hythe safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Old Heath and The Hythe at a rate of 84.9 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, 72 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Old Heath and The Hythe.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (437), other crime (159) and anti-social behaviour (158).
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 Old Heath and The Hythe alone. See Colchester
Old Heath and The Hythe in brief
Old Heath and The Hythe had 12,760 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Old Heath and The Hythe live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Old Heath and The Hythe, 84.7% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Old Heath and The Hythe, 3.7% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.