Total Crime Rate
218.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
81.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026London Road area has the 18th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Coppins , and the 39th 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 London Road (CO15 3SN) in the last 12 months was 218.0 per 1,000 residents and was 89.6% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 81.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around London Road (CO15 3SN), 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.
View Crime In St John's| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Litchfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Groom Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Olivers Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knox Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Howard Vyse Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Groom Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Groom Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Groom Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Groom Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Groom Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Knox Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Orchard Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knox Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Vehicle crime | Berkeley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingwell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingwell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Orchard Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Howard Vyse Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Anns Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Litchfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Road | — |
| 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 | Other theft | Charles Burcart Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Charles Burcart Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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