Total Crime Rate
55.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Rowley Drive area has the 15th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Newmarket East , and the 203rd highest crime rate of 587 local areas in West Suffolk .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Rowley Drive (CB8 0JL) in the last 12 months was 55.0 per 1,000 residents and was 47.7% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 23.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rowley Drive (CB8 0JL), 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.
View Crime In Newmarket East| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drapery Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lowther Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marino Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marino Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marino Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marino Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Kingston Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Kingston Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Drapery Row | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grosvenor Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Grosvenor Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Abernant Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Falmouth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Exeter Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Exeter Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Exeter Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Exeter Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Exeter Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Exeter Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Watercourse | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | The Watercourse | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Mill Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferneley Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Icewell Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lowther Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Freshfields | Under investigation |
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