Total Crime Rate

138.1 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 138.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.7 8/10
  • Other theft 27.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.3 9/10
  • Public order 13.8 8/10
  • Burglary 8.3 8/10
  • Robbery 5.5 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.5 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.8 1/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Main Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Dovercourt All Saints , and the 75th 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 Main Road (CO12 4HH) in the last 12 months was 138.1 per 1,000 residents and was 37.5% higher than the Dovercourt All Saints average (100.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 69.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Main Road (CO12 4HH), the main crime hotspot is near Harcourt Avenue. Police recorded 67 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Main Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (23/23)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parkeston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parkeston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grange Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B1352 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parkeston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parkeston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parkeston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery William Bleakley Mews Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Robbery William Bleakley Mews Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Parkeston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Harcourt Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oulton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parkeston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime B1352 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Rosebank Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Clarke'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Rosebank Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarke'S Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosebank Action to be taken by another organisation
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Data Sources

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