Crime Statistics for Harwich, Tendring, Essex, 2024

There were a total of 86 street level crime incidents in Harwich in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Harwich, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	40
Criminal Damage Arson	11
Public Order	8
Anti Social Behaviour	8
Other Theft	5
Burglary	4
Drugs	4
Shoplifting	3
Possession Of Weapons	2
Other Crime	1
All Crime	86

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Harwich. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Harwich

We've taken the ten nearest places to Harwich and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Harwich has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Dovercourt (0.62 miles)	96
Harwich	86
Bath Side (1.39 miles)	73
Parkeston (0.88 miles)	72
Tower Hill (1.39 miles)	70
Upper Dovercourt (0.88 miles)	48
Shotley Gate (1.24 miles)	38
Ramsey (1.96 miles)	5
Shotley (2.56 miles)	4
Little Oakley (1.75 miles)	3

Where are the most violent places near Harwich?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Harwich and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Dovercourt	49
Harwich	40
Bath Side	40
Tower Hill	38
Parkeston	35
Upper Dovercourt	26
Shotley Gate	18
Shotley	4
Ramsey	2
Little Oakley	1

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Harwich?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Harwich to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Harwich compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Harwich and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Harwich is ranked #4.

#	Ward	Score
1	Harwich & Kingsway	91
2	Dovercourt Bay	73
3	Dovercourt All Saints	63
4	Dovercourt Vines & Parkeston	60
5	Western Felixstowe	51
6	Dovercourt Tollgate	49
7	Thorpe, Beaumont & Great Holland	45
8	Eastern Felixstowe	34
9	The Oakleys & Wix	26
10	Stour	16
11	Ganges	14

Which road in Harwich has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Harwich with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Ashley Road.