Crime Rate in St John's, ward

St John's has the 12th highest crime rate of 32 wards in Tendring district and the 2310th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 201st highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in St John's in the last 12 months was 87.6 per 1,000 residents and was 3.8% lower than the Tendring district average (91.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St John's’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 329 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 2 cases , down -71.4% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 37.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 388 (≈ 53.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St John's ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Harrow Road. Police recorded 75 crimes here, including 51 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.