Total Crime Rate

82.7 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 82.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.2 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.2 6/10
  • Drugs 7.2 7/10
  • Public order 7.2 6/10
  • Other crime 5.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.4 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 6/10
  • Burglary 1.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Covert Close area has the 21st highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Haverhill Central , and the 122nd 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 Covert Close (CB9 0BD) in the last 12 months was 82.7 per 1,000 residents and was 37.6% lower than the Haverhill Central average (132.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 48.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 197.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Covert Close (CB9 0BD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Copellis Close, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wortham Place (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Covert Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Goldings Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Bladon Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wratting Road —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wratting Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Copellis Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Alde Road —
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Data Sources

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