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Colchester: County lines dealer jailed after drugs, cash and knife crime investigation
16:40 13/07/2026A county lines drug dealer was jailed after officers uncovered drugs, cash and links to a knife crime incident in Colchester.
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Rural Engagement Team boosts rural crime prevention with support from Ardleigh dealership
18:30 10/07/2026We’re using a distinctive on-loan police-liveried utility vehicle to encourage our rural communities to report crime and to raise awareness of crime prevention measures
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Working with rural communities, not just for them
07:00 05/07/2026Following Essex Chief Constable Ben-Julian Harrington’s promise to farmers, the first Essex Rural Independent Advisory Group has been set up
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Search for missing person Vitoria Figueiredo Barreto
16:22 10/03/2026Essex Police officers are continuing the search for missing woman Vitoria Figueiredo Barreto who was last seen in Brightlingsea on Tuesday 3 March.
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Marine Unit officers rescue three men in a boat
08:00 04/07/2026A grateful fisherman has praised two of our marine officers after they towed him and his two friends back to safety
Crimes
About this crime map
This map uses data from local forces. The hotspots give only a loose idea of where crimes happened. Actual locations and details of crimes are kept anonymous.
Please note that not all crimes that occurred can be shown on the map.
195 incidents of Crime occurred in Essex Police could not be mapped to a location and therefore are not on this map. Learn more about how data is managed on police.uk.
Location anonymisation is accurate to 2022 population and housing developments.
Known issues with forces' data are set out in the changelog on data.police.uk.