St Paul's, Tendring: Safety
Safety
Crime rates in St Paul's are higher than the UK average, but they're dropping — and the neighbourhood is doing significantly better than nearby Pier.
In 2024, St Paul's had 123.9 crimes per 1,000 people against a UK average of 91.6. By 2025, that had fallen to 122.4. The real progress shows up in specific crime types. Violent crime dropped from 181 incidents in 2024 to 147 in 2025, and anti-social behaviour fell noticeably too.
The difference with neighbouring Pier is stark. That neighbourhood recorded 336.7 crimes per 1,000 people in 2024 — nearly 3 times St Paul's rate. Eastcliff, on the other side, sits well below St Paul's at 63.5 per 1,000.
Source: police-recorded crime for St Paul's ward (Essex Police, data.police.uk), Jan 2024–Aug 2026; residents from Census 2021. This summary may predate the latest data release; the table below has the current figures.
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Crime rate comparison
Crimes per 1,000 residents, Jan–Dec 2025. St Paul's ward: Essex Police data via data.police.uk; residents from Census 2021. Averages are for all wards in the area over the same months. Planna's safety index uses the latest 12 months instead, so it can differ.
2024
2025
Jan–Aug 2026
St Paul's ward
Crimes/1,000 residents
123.2
Higher than
UK average (England, Wales & N. Ireland)
98.8
Higher than
East of England region average
81.9
Neighbouring wards
Higher than
Eastcliff
74.9
Lower than
Pier
300.8
Higher than
St John's
101.6
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Types of Crime
Share of police-recorded crimes in St Paul's ward and the East of England region average, Jan–Dec 2025.
This ward
Regional average
- Violent offences45%38%
- Anti-social behaviour15%14%
- Public order8%6%
- Criminal damage and arson8%8%
- Vehicle crime7%5%
- Other theft6%7%
- Drugs3%3%
- Burglary2%3%
- Possession of weapons2%1%
- Other crime2%2%
- Bicycle theft1%1%
- Theft from the person1%1%
- Robbery1%1%
