Postcode · Clacton-on-Sea
Crime in CO16 8XT
How much crime is recorded in CO16 8XT, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Clacton Bocking's Elm
- Council
- Tendring
- Region
- East of England
- Neighbourhood population
- 3,036 (2024)
How safe is CO16 8XT
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 31.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the CO16 8XT area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
31.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
52
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
CO16 8XTNational
Violence and sexual offences23.523.6
Burglary6.09.1
Vehicle crime5.33.5
Anti-social behaviour3.910.7
Other theft3.74.5
Criminal damage and arson3.44.7
Drugs3.12.4
Other crime2.81.5
Public order2.64.6
Shoplifting1.38.4
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Robbery0.51.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 22% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.