Total Crime Rate

211.7 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 211.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 95.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.5 10/10
  • Other theft 18.4 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.3 6/10
  • Burglary 12.3 9/10
  • Other crime 9.2 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.2 10/10
  • Public order 9.2 7/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

St Albans Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 76 local areas in Coppins , and the 43rd highest crime rate of 498 local areas in Tendring .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around St Albans Road (CO15 6BA) in the last 12 months was 211.7 per 1,000 residents and was 103.9% higher than the Coppins average (103.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 116.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Albans Road (CO15 6BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Church Road, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lancaster Gardens West (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in St Albans Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Church Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Skelmersdale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Alban'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Alban'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Paul'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Church Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Church Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Alban'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Skelmersdale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Harold Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Alban'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thoroughgood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Thoroughgood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lancaster Gardens West Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lancaster Gardens West Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Avondale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Alban'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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