Total Crime Rate

142.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 142.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 85.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.3 8/10
  • Other theft 8.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.7 3/10
  • Burglary 5.7 6/10
  • Other crime 5.7 7/10
  • Public order 5.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Robbery 2.9 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.9 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

High Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Dovercourt Bay , and the 72nd 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 High Street (CO12 3LF) in the last 12 months was 142.9 per 1,000 residents and was 6.3% higher 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 94.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (CO12 3LF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hordle Place, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Orwell Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

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

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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