Total Crime Rate
324.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
143.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Alexandra Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Coppins , and the 17th 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 Alexandra Road (CO15 1TS) in the last 12 months was 324.1 per 1,000 residents and was 181.9% 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 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 57 (≈ 143.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 68.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Alexandra Road (CO15 1TS), 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 St James| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carnarvon Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rosemary Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rosemary Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rosemary Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosemary Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beaconsfield Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Empire Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapman Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Empire Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ellis Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Empire Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Empire Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Empire Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Empire Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carnarvon Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
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