Total Crime Rate
109.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Pattricks Lane area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Dovercourt Bay , and the 112th highest crime rate of 498 local areas in Tendring .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Pattricks Lane (CO12 3GT) in the last 12 months was 109.9 per 1,000 residents and was 18.2% lower than the Dovercourt Bay average (134.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -54.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 53.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -45.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pattricks Lane (CO12 3GT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mill Close, where police recorded 80 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hordle Place (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Dovercourt Bay| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hordle Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mill Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mill Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Oakland Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mill Close | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mill Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hordle Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mill Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mill Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mill Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mill Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mill Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mill Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mill Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mill Close | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mill Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cliff Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cliff Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Heron Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Heron Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mill Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mill Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mill Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Portland Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mill Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mill Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mill Close | Awaiting court outcome |
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