Total Crime Rate

364.5 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 364.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 105.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 99.7 9/10
  • Public order 37.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.9 10/10
  • Drugs 21.8 10/10
  • Other theft 21.8 10/10
  • Burglary 15.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.5 9/10
  • Other crime 9.4 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.4 10/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Rous Road area has the highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Newmarket East , and the 11th 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 Rous Road (CB8 8DL) in the last 12 months was 364.5 per 1,000 residents and was 246.2% 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 155.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rous Road (CB8 8DL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Crown Walk, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Petrol Station (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Rous Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Park Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palace Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Malt Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sun Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sun Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Malt Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crown Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crown Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Crown Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Palace Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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