Total Crime Rate

110.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

57.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 110.7 8/10
  • Violent crimes 57.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.0 8/10
  • Shoplifting 16.4 6/10
  • Public order 12.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.2 6/10
  • Drugs 8.2 8/10
  • Other crime 8.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.1 3/10
  • Other theft 4.1 4/10
  • Robbery 4.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Ford Road area has the 38th lowest crime rate of 75 local areas in Coppins , and the 121st 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 Ford Road (CO15 3DS) in the last 12 months was 110.7 per 1,000 residents and was 3.7% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 57.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ford Road (CO15 3DS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dudley Road, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Astley Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ford Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Watson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Windsor Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Link Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Carrs Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Agincourt Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Osyth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs St Osyth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Robertson Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Robertson Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Branston Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Victory Road
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Victory Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Windsor Avenue Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Windsor Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Windsor Avenue Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Other theft Astley Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Public order Windsor Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dudley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Branston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Branston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Greenford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greenford Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Branston Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Burmanny Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Burmanny Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Burmanny Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Burmanny Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Alton Park Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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