Total Crime Rate
42.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Poplar Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Great Cornard , and the 105th highest crime rate of 304 local areas in Babergh .
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 Poplar Road (CO10 0FB) in the last 12 months was 42.8 per 1,000 residents and was 7.9% lower than the Great Cornard average (46.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -15.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 33.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Poplar Road (CO10 0FB), the main crime hotspot is near Sycamore Road. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Great Cornard| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherrytree Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherrytree Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherrytree Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherrytree Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Butt Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Butt Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lindsey Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lindsey Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lindsey Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sparrow Road | Under investigation |
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