Total Crime Rate

115.0 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 115.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.9 9/10
  • Burglary 10.5 9/10
  • Other theft 10.5 8/10
  • Public order 10.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.5 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Long Meadows area has the 11th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Dovercourt All Saints , and the 101st 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 Long Meadows (CO12 4UX) in the last 12 months was 115.0 per 1,000 residents and was 14.5% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 66.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 24.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Long Meadows (CO12 4UX), the main crime hotspot is near All Saints Close. Police recorded 59 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Long Meadows area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences All Saints Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Abbott Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Freshfields Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery William Bleakley Mews Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Robbery William Bleakley Mews Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences All Saints Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oulton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Willow Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laurel Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour All Saints Close
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dockfield Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences All Saints Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences All Saints Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour All Saints Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences All Saints Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour All Saints Close

Data Sources

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