Crime Rate in St Olaves, ward

St Olaves has the 10th highest crime rate of 43 wards in West Suffolk district and the 3088th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 301st highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Olaves in the last 12 months was 74.2 per 1,000 residents and was 17.7% higher than the West Suffolk district average (63.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Olaves’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 211 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Shoplifting ( -57.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 249 (≈ 41.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Olaves ward, the main local crime hotspot is near St Olaves Road. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.