Crime Statistics for Harwich, Tendring, Essex, 2024

Crime statistics for Harwich, Tendring

There were a total of 116 street level crime incidents in Harwich in January 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime62
Criminal Damage Arson11
Anti Social Behaviour8
Public Order7
Bicycle Theft5
Burglary5
Drugs4
Other Theft4
Possession Of Weapons3
Shoplifting2
Other Crime2
Theft From The Person1
Robbery1
Vehicle Crime1
All Crime116

Map of street level crime incidents in January 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.

How grim is your Postcode?

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.

LocationCrime Incidents
Harwich116
Dovercourt (0.62 miles)107
Parkeston (0.88 miles)72
Bath Side (1.39 miles)70
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

4.23%
of Dovercourt Vines & Parkeston residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



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.

LocationViolent Incidents
Harwich62
Dovercourt55
Bath Side38
Tower Hill38
Parkeston35
Upper Dovercourt26
Shotley Gate18
Shotley4
Ramsey2
Little Oakley1

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.

#WardScore
1Harwich & Kingsway91
2Dovercourt Bay73
3Dovercourt All Saints63
4Dovercourt Vines & Parkeston60
5Western Felixstowe51
6Dovercourt Tollgate49
7Thorpe, Beaumont & Great Holland45
8Eastern Felixstowe34
9The Oakleys & Wix26
10Stour16
11Ganges14

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.

Last updated: January 2024
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