Total Crime Rate
230.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
112.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Severn Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Coppins , and the 31st 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 Severn Road (CO15 3RA) in the last 12 months was 230.8 per 1,000 residents and was 100.7% 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 112.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Severn Road (CO15 3RA), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 87 crimes here, including 55 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 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windmill Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Thornbury Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Oxford Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windmill Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Eton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Windmill Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kingwell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingwell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Windmill Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windmill Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Windmill Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Berkeley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Severn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Recreation Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Northbourne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingwell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Windmill Park | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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