Total Crime Rate

255.3 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 255.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 131.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 46.8 9/10
  • Public order 21.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.0 9/10
  • Other theft 12.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.8 9/10
  • Drugs 4.3 5/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Lilac Avenue area has the 7th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in St Osyth , and the 29th 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 Lilac Avenue (CO16 8ST) in the last 12 months was 255.3 per 1,000 residents and was 123.7% higher than the St Osyth average (114.1 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 , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 450.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 153.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lilac Avenue (CO16 8ST), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Seawick Road, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Club Parade (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lilac Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Priory Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willow Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Seawick Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Seawick Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rose Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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