Total Crime Rate
69.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
45.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Connaught Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Haverhill North , and the 154th highest crime rate of 590 local areas in West Suffolk .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Connaught Road (CB9 8JF) in the last 12 months was 69.9 per 1,000 residents and was 43.9% higher than the Haverhill North average (48.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 45.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Connaught Road (CB9 8JF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gloucester Road, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ixworth Road (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Horseshoe Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaftesbury Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gloucester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gloucester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gloucester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gloucester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leiston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gipping Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Holbrook Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Gloucester Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Layer Road | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Layer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Connaught Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Horseshoe Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Horseshoe Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Road | Under investigation |
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