Total Crime Rate

43.5 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 43.5 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.0 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Churchill Drive area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 37 local areas in Lavenham , and the 109th highest crime rate of 301 local areas in Babergh .

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 Churchill Drive (CO10 1LE) in the last 12 months was 43.5 per 1,000 residents and was 5.8% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 30.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Churchill Drive (CO10 1LE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hitchcock Place, where police recorded 10 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hillcrest Road (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Churchill Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tudor Green Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hitchcock Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hillcrest Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Uplands Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barker Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barker Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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