Crime Rates at Wellesley Road, Clacton-on-sea, CO15 3PL

Wellesley 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 Wellesley Road (CO15 3PL) 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 Wellesley Road (CO15 3PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 143 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wellesley Road (49 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.