Total Crime Rate
98.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
71.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oxford Crescent area has the 34th lowest crime rate of 75 local areas in Coppins , and the 133rd highest crime rate of 496 local areas in Tendring .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Oxford Crescent (CO15 3PZ) in the last 12 months was 98.6 per 1,000 residents and was 14.2% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 71.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oxford Crescent (CO15 3PZ), the main crime hotspot is near Wellesley Road. Police recorded 77 crimes here, including 49 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In St John's| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellesley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harrow Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Severn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windmill Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cotswold Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotswold Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotswold Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotswold Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Anns Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Anns Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellesley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Charles Burcart Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellesley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellesley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellesley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellesley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellesley Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cambridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Windmill Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Windmill Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Windmill Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Windmill Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windmill Park | Under investigation |
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