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

Wellesley Road 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 Wellesley Road (CO15 3QF) 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 Wellesley Road (CO15 3QF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cambridge Road (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.