Total Crime Rate
607.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Church Walk area has the highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Lavenham , and the highest crime rate of 301 local areas in Babergh .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Church Walk (CO10 1HH) in the last 12 months was 607.1 per 1,000 residents and was 1377.4% higher than the Lavenham average (41.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 84 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 105 (≈ 284.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Church Walk (CO10 1HH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Market Hill, where police recorded 61 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beaconsfield Road (42 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Lavenham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Market Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Market Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Croft Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Croft Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Hill | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Hill | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Hill | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Weavers Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gregory Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gregory Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Gregory Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Siam Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Queens Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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