Crime Rate in St James, ward

St James has the 2nd highest crime rate of 32 wards in Tendring district and the 415th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 32nd highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in St James in the last 12 months was 175.5 per 1,000 residents and was 92.9% higher than the Tendring district average (91.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St James’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 638 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 8 cases , up 14.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -43.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 768 (≈ 92.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St James ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 375 crimes here, including 138 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.