Total Crime Rate

185.1 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 185.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 103.2 10/10
  • Public order 21.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.2 6/10
  • Other theft 14.2 9/10
  • Burglary 10.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.1 5/10
  • Other crime 7.1 8/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Kersey Drive area has the 5th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Bluehouse , and the 54th 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 Kersey Drive (CO16 8AP) in the last 12 months was 185.1 per 1,000 residents and was 122.4% higher than the Bluehouse average (83.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 124.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 45.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kersey Drive (CO16 8AP), the main crime hotspot is near Burstall Close. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Kersey Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (25/25)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burstall Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Camellia Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Bocking'S Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Burstall Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Nayland Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Nayland Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Nayland Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Gardenia Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nayland Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Polstead Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Kersey Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kersey Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kersey Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kersey Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Polstead Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Burstall Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flatford Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flatford Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Flatford Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Flatford Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Burstall Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Burstall Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Azalea Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Burstall Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Burstall Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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