Total Crime Rate
3.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Richard Burn Way area has the lowest crime rate of 20 local areas in Long Melford , and the 2nd lowest crime rate of 304 local areas in Babergh .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Richard Burn Way (CO10 1SY) in the last 12 months was 3.1 per 1,000 residents and was 90.7% lower than the Long Melford average (32.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Richard Burn Way (CO10 1SY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hitchcock Place (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Manor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Uplands Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Barker Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayflower Way | Under investigation |
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