Crime Statistics for Brightlingsea, Tendring, Essex, 2024

There were a total of 50 street level crime incidents in Brightlingsea 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 Brightlingsea, 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	26
Criminal Damage Arson	6
Public Order	5
Other Theft	4
Anti Social Behaviour	4
Other Crime	2
Possession Of Weapons	1
Vehicle Crime	1
Robbery	1
All Crime	50

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 Brightlingsea. 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 Brightlingsea

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Brightlingsea	50
Cindery Island (0.79 miles)	46
Alresford (2.78 miles)	12
Frating (3.1 miles)	12
St Osyth (2.77 miles)	11
Great Bentley (3.1 miles)	7
Fingringhoe (3.61 miles)	5
Point Clear (1.96 miles)	2
Aingers Green (2.63 miles)	2
South Green (3.34 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Brightlingsea?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Brightlingsea	26
Cindery Island	23
Frating	9
Alresford	8
St Osyth	8
Great Bentley	3
Fingringhoe	3
Point Clear	1
Aingers Green	1
South Green	0

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

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 Brightlingsea 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 Brightlingsea compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Brightlingsea and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Brightlingsea is ranked #9.

#	Ward	Score
1	St James	87
2	Coppins	86
3	St Osyth	75
4	West Clacton & Jaywick Sands	71
5	Bluehouse	67
6	Cann Hall	51
7	Burrsville	50
8	The Bentleys & Frating	48
9	Brightlingsea	48
10	Alresford & Elmstead	24
11	Mersea and Pyefleet	21

Which road in Brightlingsea has the highest level of crime?

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