Total Crime Rate

140.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 140.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.3 6/10
  • Burglary 13.3 9/10
  • Other theft 10.6 8/10
  • Public order 8.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.0 7/10
  • Drugs 5.3 6/10
  • Shoplifting 5.3 4/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Robbery 2.7 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Abernant Drive area has the 6th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Newmarket East , and the 55th highest crime rate of 587 local areas in West Suffolk .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Abernant Drive (CB8 0FH) in the last 12 months was 140.6 per 1,000 residents and was 33.5% higher than the Newmarket East average (105.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 63.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Abernant Drive (CB8 0FH), the main crime hotspot is near Icewell Hill. Police recorded 57 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Abernant Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Falmouth Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marino Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marino Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marino Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marino Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Church Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grosvenor Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Grosvenor Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lowther Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Abernant Drive
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lowther Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Icewell Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fairlawns Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Mill Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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