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

Old Station 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 Old Station Road (CB8 8LA) 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 Old Station Road (CB8 8LA), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Old Station Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Malt Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Malt Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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