Crime Rate in Gunton & St Margarets, ward

Gunton & St Margarets has the 3rd highest crime rate of 29 wards in East Suffolk district and the 2580th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 231st highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Gunton & St Margarets in the last 12 months was 82.2 per 1,000 residents and was 44.8% higher than the East Suffolk district average (56.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Gunton & St Margarets’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 396 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 4 cases , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 466 (≈ 43.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Gunton & St Margarets ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Hollingsworth Road, with 34 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Godetia Court (22 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.