Total Crime Rate
67.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Haverhill Central , and the 170th highest 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 High Street (CB9 8AN) in the last 12 months was 67.3 per 1,000 residents and was 53.8% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 32.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (CB9 8AN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near High Street (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Helions Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mount Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rushmere Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waveney Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waveney Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waveney Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | High Street | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Helions Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Elmhurst Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Helions Walk | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Helions Walk | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Helions Walk | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elmhurst Close | — |
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