Total Crime Rate
98.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
48.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mill Lane area has the 12th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Frinton , and the 136th 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 Mill Lane (CO14 8PE) in the last 12 months was 98.3 per 1,000 residents and was 76.6% higher than the Frinton average (55.6 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 Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -4.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 48.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mill Lane (CO14 8PE), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 50 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Walton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Portobello Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kino Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hamford Crescent | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portobello Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Suffolk Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Suffolk Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Suffolk Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Portobello Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Marina Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Southcliff Promenade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mill Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Agar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Saville Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pier Approach | Action to be taken by another organisation |
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