Total Crime Rate
194.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
114.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ingestre Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Dovercourt Bay , and the 48th highest crime rate of 496 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 Ingestre Street (CO12 3JG) in the last 12 months was 194.6 per 1,000 residents and was 51.8% higher than the Dovercourt Bay average (128.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 114.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ingestre Street (CO12 3JG), the main crime hotspot is near Orwell Road. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canning Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waddesdon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Orwell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Orwell Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orwell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Orwell Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ingestre Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ingestre Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ingestre Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Talbot Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferndale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferndale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferndale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferndale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ferndale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ferndale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albemarle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Albemarle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Street | Under investigation |
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