Total Crime Rate
228.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
144.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Knox Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Coppins , and the 33rd 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 Knox Road (CO15 3TT) in the last 12 months was 228.2 per 1,000 residents and was 98.5% 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 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 144.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Knox Road (CO15 3TT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Orchard Place (21 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Groom Park | Under investigation |
| 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 | Other theft | Charles Burcart Gardens | 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 | 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 | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Groom Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingwell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingwell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kingwell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knox Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Knox Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Howard Vyse Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Howard Vyse Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knox Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Orchard Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Orchard Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Litchfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Charles Burcart Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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