Crime Rates at West Avenue, Clacton-on-sea, CO15 1QT

West Avenue area has the highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Coppins , and the 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 West Avenue (CO15 1QT) in the last 12 months was 1352.4 per 1,000 residents and was 1076.3% 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 211 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 280 (≈ 640.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around West Avenue (CO15 1QT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 330 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (157 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.