Crime Rate in St Paul's, ward

St Paul's has the 14th highest crime rate of 32 wards in Tendring district and the 2796th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 261st highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Paul's in the last 12 months was 79.1 per 1,000 residents and was 13.1% lower than the Tendring district average (91.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Paul's’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 147 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 175 (≈ 46.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Paul's ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 76 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.