Total Crime Rate

173.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

124.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 173.6 9/10
  • Violent crimes 124.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 98.1 10/10
  • Public order 22.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.1 7/10
  • Other theft 7.6 7/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Robbery 3.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Clayton Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Dovercourt All Saints , and the 66th 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 Clayton Road (CO12 4TH) in the last 12 months was 173.6 per 1,000 residents and was 75.3% higher than the Dovercourt All Saints average (99.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 124.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Clayton Road (CO12 4TH), the main crime hotspot is near Rayhaven. Police recorded 32 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 Clayton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Yeomanry Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rayhaven Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Yeomanry Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chevy Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chevy Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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