Total Crime Rate
67.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
35.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Greenfields Way area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Haverhill Central , and the 169th 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 Greenfields Way (CB9 8LR) in the last 12 months was 67.7 per 1,000 residents and was 53.6% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 35.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Greenfields Way (CB9 8LR), 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Layer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Horseshoe Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gipping Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clements Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clements Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaftesbury Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Holbrook Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leiston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Layer Road | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Orford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buckingham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Clarendon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Horseshoe Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Horseshoe Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Primrose Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Primrose Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Gloucester Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Road | 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 |
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