Total Crime Rate

139.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

77.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 139.7 9/10
  • Violent crimes 77.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.8 8/10
  • Shoplifting 36.8 8/10
  • Public order 18.4 9/10
  • Burglary 7.4 7/10
  • Other theft 7.4 7/10
  • Robbery 7.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.4 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.7 6/10
  • Theft from the person 3.7 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Exning Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Newmarket East , and the 54th highest crime rate of 590 local areas in West Suffolk .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Exning Road (CB8 0AT) in the last 12 months was 139.7 per 1,000 residents and was 31.9% higher than the Newmarket East average (105.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 77.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Exning Road (CB8 0AT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Griffin Gardens (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Exning Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Griffin Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Laureate Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Guineas Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Griffin Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Exning Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Churchill Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Exning Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Laureate Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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