Total Crime Rate
109.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
63.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Aldeburgh Close area has the 15th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Bluehouse , and the 123rd highest crime rate of 496 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 Aldeburgh Close (CO16 8BA) in the last 12 months was 109.9 per 1,000 residents and was 25.1% higher 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 63.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Aldeburgh Close (CO16 8BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Waterworks Drive, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nayland Drive (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bluehouse| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wordsworth Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kersey Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mendlesham Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lavenham Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mendlesham Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nayland Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cloes Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cloes Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterworks Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Waterworks Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mendlesham Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kersey Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Flatford Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cross Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kersey Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Flatford Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Flatford Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Flatford Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shelley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flatford Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Holbrook Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hadleigh Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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