Total Crime Rate
515.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
264.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fairfield Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Coppins , and the 8th 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 Fairfield Road (CO15 3QP) in the last 12 months was 515.5 per 1,000 residents and was 348.4% 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 75 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 94 (≈ 264.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fairfield Road (CO15 3QP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 122 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.
View Crime In St James| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harrow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Key Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Eton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Oxford Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Empire Mews | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Empire Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Charles Burcart Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Charles Burcart Gardens | 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 | Old Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Road | 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 | Empire Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapman Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapman Road | Awaiting court outcome |
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