Total Crime Rate

109.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 109.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.7 7/10
  • Burglary 11.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.2 7/10
  • Public order 9.0 7/10
  • Other theft 6.7 6/10
  • Other crime 4.5 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.5 4/10
  • Drugs 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle 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

Pattricks 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 3QJ) 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 3QJ), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Pattricks Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Heron Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Heron Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hordle Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hordle Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nelson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cliff Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cliff Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Mill Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Mill Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oakland Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Close Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Close Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Mill Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oakland Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Portland Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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