Total Crime Rate
35.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Linden Drive area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 57 local areas in Bluehouse , and the 146th lowest crime rate of 496 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 Linden Drive (CO15 4RA) in the last 12 months was 35.0 per 1,000 residents and was 60.1% lower than the Bluehouse average (87.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 23.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Linden Drive (CO15 4RA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chantry Close (11 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 | Bicycle theft | Causeway Reach | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Forest Park Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawkesway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Toucan Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Toucan Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Toucan Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Foxglove Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Foxglove Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Foxglove Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Foxglove Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Linden Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chantry Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Homestead Gardens | Under investigation |
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