Total Crime Rate

157.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 157.0 9/10
  • Shoplifting 44.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.8 8/10
  • Public order 31.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.0 6/10
  • Other theft 4.5 4/10
  • Robbery 4.5 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Preston Road area has the highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Eastcliff , and the 62nd highest crime rate of 498 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 Preston Road (CO15 5JS) in the last 12 months was 157.0 per 1,000 residents and was 147.9% higher than the Eastcliff average (63.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 80.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Preston Road (CO15 5JS), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Preston Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bedford Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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