Total Crime Rate

256.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 256.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 99.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 33.1 7/10
  • Public order 30.3 10/10
  • Drugs 16.5 9/10
  • Other theft 16.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.8 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 11.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.0 8/10
  • Theft from the person 5.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Garden Side area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Lavenham , and the 5th highest crime rate of 301 local areas in Babergh .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Garden Side (CO10 1JF) in the last 12 months was 256.2 per 1,000 residents and was 523.5% 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 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 51 (≈ 140.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 24.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Garden Side (CO10 1JF), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 98 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Garden Side area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Market Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Croft Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Croft Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Other theft A131 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A131 Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gregory Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Gregory Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gregory Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weavers Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Market Hill —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Queens Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Market Hill —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Market Hill —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Sep 2025Burglary Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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