Total Crime Rate

480.3 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 480.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 294.7 10/10
  • Other crime 136.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.9 8/10
  • Drugs 13.9 9/10
  • Other theft 13.9 9/10
  • Public order 4.6 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Chestnut Road area has the highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Clare, Hundon & Kedington , and the 5th 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 Chestnut Road (CB8 9YA) in the last 12 months was 480.3 per 1,000 residents and was 922.7% higher than the Clare, Hundon & Kedington average (47.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 127 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 129 (≈ 299.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 1022.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chestnut Road (CB8 9YA), the main crime hotspot is near Chestnut Road. Police recorded 190 crimes here, including 121 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Chestnut Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Chestnut Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chestnut Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Chestnut Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Chestnut Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chestnut Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chestnut Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chestnut Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chestnut Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chestnut Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chestnut Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Chestnut Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Chestnut Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hawthorn Way —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Under investigation
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Data Sources

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