Total Crime Rate

56.1 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 56.1 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.3 7/10
  • Public order 9.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.2 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ingestre Street area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Dovercourt Bay , and the 228th highest crime rate of 498 local areas in Tendring .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ingestre Street (CO12 3JA) in the last 12 months was 56.1 per 1,000 residents and was 58.3% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 43.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ingestre Street (CO12 3JA), the main crime hotspot is near Orwell Road. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Ingestre Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orwell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Albert Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Other theft Waddesdon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orwell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Orwell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albemarle Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fernlea Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Fernlea Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Beacon Hill Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barrack Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waddesdon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gwynne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour East Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grafton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Maria Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Albert Street

Data Sources

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