Total Crime Rate

264.7 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 264.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 74.9 9/10
  • Shoplifting 66.8 8/10
  • Public order 34.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.7 9/10
  • Drugs 16.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.4 6/10
  • Other theft 13.4 9/10
  • Burglary 10.7 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.0 9/10
  • Theft from the person 5.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

High Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Haverhill Central , and the 19th 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 (CB9 8AB) in the last 12 months was 264.7 per 1,000 residents and was 99.7% higher 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 117.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 109.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (CB9 8AB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Market Hill (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Queen Street
Sep 2025Shoplifting Murton Slade Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Murton Slade Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chauntry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Murton Slade Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order High Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mill Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Murton Slade Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Waveney Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waveney Terrace Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waveney Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yeldham Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waveney Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Market Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Murton Slade Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Murton Slade Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eden Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yeldham Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Duddery Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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