Crime Rates at High Street, Newmarket, CB8 8LX

High Street 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 High Street (CB8 8LX) 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 High Street (CB8 8LX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Drapery Row, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kingston Passage (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.