Total Crime Rate

42.7 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 42.7 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.7 3/10
  • Public order 4.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other 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
  • 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

Park Drive area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 29 local areas in Brightlingsea , and the 204th lowest crime rate of 498 local areas in Tendring .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Park Drive (CO7 0UD) in the last 12 months was 42.7 per 1,000 residents and was 17.7% lower than the Brightlingsea average (51.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 133.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 37.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Park Drive (CO7 0UD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near B1029, where police recorded 6 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lodge Lane (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Park Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walnut Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ash Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ash Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ash Close —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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