Crime Rate in Tarpots, ward

Tarpots has the 4th lowest crime rate of 13 wards in Castle Point district and the 1268th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 187th lowest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Tarpots in the last 12 months was 36.2 per 1,000 residents and was 40.8% lower than the Castle Point district average (61.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Tarpots’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 138 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 3 cases , down -25.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 165 (≈ 18.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Tarpots ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 53 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Linden Road (25 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.