Total Crime Rate
10.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Alderton Close area has the lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Haverhill Central , and the 43rd lowest crime rate of 590 local areas in West Suffolk .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Alderton Close (CB9 7RA) in the last 12 months was 10.5 per 1,000 residents and was 92.8% lower 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 4 cases , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 10.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Alderton Close (CB9 7RA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dunsey Wood Close, where police recorded 10 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rowan Close (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colbeck Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colbeck Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowan Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bellings Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | William Blake Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Blake Court | Awaiting court outcome |
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