Crime Rate in Lawford, Manningtree & Mistley, ward

Lawford, Manningtree & Mistley has the 16th lowest crime rate of 32 wards in Tendring district and the 3421st lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 424th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Lawford, Manningtree & Mistley in the last 12 months was 59.8 per 1,000 residents and was 34.3% lower than the Tendring district average (91.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Lawford, Manningtree & Mistley’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 217 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 4 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -61.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 259 (≈ 29.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Lawford, Manningtree & Mistley ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Station Road, with 39 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Clacton Road (23 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.