Total Crime Rate
165.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
105.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Orwell Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Coppins , and the 69th 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 Orwell Road (CO15 1PP) in the last 12 months was 165.4 per 1,000 residents and was 43.9% higher than the Coppins average (115.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 105.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Orwell Road (CO15 1PP), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 330 crimes here, including 155 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Pier| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Colne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Agate Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Agate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hayes Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hayes Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hayes Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hayes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hayes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Agate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Church Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Anglefield | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anglefield | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Anglefield | Under investigation |
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