Total Crime Rate

57.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 57.0 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.8 5/10
  • Burglary 11.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.6 6/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Valley Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Burrsville , and the 226th highest crime rate of 498 local areas in Tendring .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Valley Road (CO15 4AJ) in the last 12 months was 57.0 per 1,000 residents and was 55.7% lower than the Burrsville average (128.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 22.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Valley Road (CO15 4AJ), the main crime hotspot is near Windmill Park. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Valley Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thrushdale Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Puffinsdale Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Puffinsdale Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clay Hall Crescent Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightingale Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillcrest Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windmill Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windmill Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windmill Park Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windmill Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Windmill Park Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Puffinsdale Under investigation
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Data Sources

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