Total Crime Rate
152.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
76.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lordscroft Lane area has the 8th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Haverhill Central , and the 43rd highest crime rate of 590 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 Lordscroft Lane (CB9 0ER) in the last 12 months was 152.5 per 1,000 residents and was 4.6% higher than the Haverhill Central average (145.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 76.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lordscroft Lane (CB9 0ER), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Market Hill (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yeldham Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waveney Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Station Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waveney Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waveney Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yeldham Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Murton Slade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Francis Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ingham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yeldham Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Murton Slade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Yeldham Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Helions Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | High Street | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Helions Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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