Total Crime Rate
421.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025St Leger Drive area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Exning , and the 8th highest crime rate of 587 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 St Leger Drive (CB8 7DT) in the last 12 months was 421.7 per 1,000 residents and was 291.3% higher than the Exning average (107.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -78.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 128.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Leger Drive (CB8 7DT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Willie Snaith Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Exning| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Studlands Park Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hyperion Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Willie Snaith Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Willie Snaith Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Aureole Walk | — |
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