Photo: MJ Reilly · CC BY-SA 2.0Parkeston: recorded crime, not graded
Crimes police recorded inside Parkeston’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 are shown here, without a Safety Grade. A place needs 1,000 residents for a Safety Grade; Parkeston has fewer, and its rate would swing with a few incidents. Per 1,000 residents a year, 63.6 violent and sexual offences and 26.4 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage were recorded. Violent crime was down 9% in a year.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Parkeston
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 9% less violent crime per resident in Parkeston than in the year before; across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Parkeston runs highest on public order (18.5 per 1,000 against 2.4), anti-social behaviour (29.7 per 1,000 against 5.3) and other theft (11.3 per 1,000 against 2.5).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 48 | 49.2 | 16.6 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 43 | 44.1 | 0 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 29 | 29.7 | 5.3 |
| Public order | not graded | 18 | 18.5 | 2.4 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 12 | 12.3 | 3.2 |
| Other theft | not graded | 11 | 11.3 | 2.5 |
| Drugs | not graded | 7 | 7.2 | 0.6 |
| Other crime | not graded | 5 | 5.1 | 1.1 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 4 | 4.1 | 1.5 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 3 | 3.1 | 0 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 2 | 2.1 | 1.6 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Robbery | Violent | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people.
How crime in Parkeston has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling twelve-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent -9% (towns its size +3%), homes and vehicles -28% (towns its size +0%), shoplifting and theft +62% (towns its size +4%), anti-social behaviour -34% (towns its size -1%).
Police name a suspect about as often as across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 67% of Parkeston’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 11% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (67% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 9% of violent and 3% of household crimes reached court.
The latest outcome police.uk shows for each crime recorded in the first of the three years (September 2023 to August 2024), so most cases have closed. 109 crimes.
Crime in Parkeston per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 18 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 56 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Where in Parkeston police recorded crime
| At or near | Reports | Mostly |
|---|---|---|
| Shopping areas | 138 | 49% shoplifting & theft |
| Supermarkets | 56 | 45% shoplifting & theft |
| Petrol stations | 50 | 44% shoplifting & theft |
| Ferry terminals | 31 | 45% violent |
police.uk places each crime at an anonymous map point; some are named for the kind of place (a supermarket, a car park), and each row adds up every place of that kind in Parkeston. We show only these, never streets or homes.
Beside it, the public places police.uk named most often.
Crime in the places around Parkeston
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parkeston | 975 | 63.6 | 26.4 | — |
| Harwich | 20,219 | 47.6 | 14.8 | D |
| Shotley Gate | 1,418 | 12 | 6.8 | A |
| Trimley St Mary | 3,736 | 13.7 | 4.2 | A |
| Trimley St Martin | 1,725 | 33.6 | 5.2 | C+ |
| Felixstowe | 24,218 | 28.1 | 7.9 | C+ |
| Holbrook | 2,146 | 14.9 | 3.7 | A |
| Kirton | 1,245 | 10.4 | 3.8 | A+ |
Parkeston records more graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table. Harwich, 0.8 miles away, records 47.6 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Parkeston’s 63.6.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Parkeston sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Parkeston
Is Parkeston safe?
Police recorded 63.6 violent and sexual offences and 26.4 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Parkeston’s built-up area).
Is crime going up in Parkeston?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 9%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 28%, shoplifting and theft rose 62% and anti-social behaviour fell 34%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Parkeston?
Violence & sexual offences: 48 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came shoplifting (43) and public order (18), with 29 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Parkeston compare with Felixstowe?
Felixstowe records 28.1 violent and sexual offences and 7.9 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Parkeston’s 63.6 and 26.4, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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