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Marine Unit: Joint patrols with HM Coastguard
10:00 31/07/2026Our Marine Unit went a joint patrol with an HM Coastguard rescue team while watching out for anti-social behaviour on the water
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Colchester: Dangerous rider convicted after filming high-speed motorcycle journeys
13:16 29/07/2026A motorcyclist who filmed himself riding at extreme speeds across Colchester has been convicted of dangerous driving and disqualified from driving.
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Brightlingsea: Another personal watercraft user reported by Marine Unit for speeding on river
19:00 27/07/2026Our marine officers have reported another personal watercraft rider for speeding while out on a joint patrol with the Brightlingsea Harbour Master
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It’s a slam dunk: Essex Police and Essex Rebels team up for the sixth year of Ballin’ with a Bobby
08:00 24/07/2026Colchester Neighbourhood Policing Team and Essex Rebels have teamed up for the sixth year of their successful Ballin’ with a Bobby youth community initiative in the city
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Colchester: Thief’s five-year ban from two store chains countrywide
18:00 22/07/2026A prolific thief arrested by Colchester officers has been banned from every Co-op and H&M store in England and Wales
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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.
188 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.