Total Crime Rate

127.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 127.9 8/10
  • Shoplifting 54.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.5 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.4 7/10
  • Public order 7.8 6/10
  • Burglary 5.2 6/10
  • Other theft 5.2 5/10
  • Drugs 2.6 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Friars Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 37 local areas in Lavenham , and the 14th highest crime rate of 301 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 Friars Street (CO10 2AG) in the last 12 months was 127.9 per 1,000 residents and was 211.4% higher than the Lavenham average (41.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -63.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 31.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 83.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Friars Street (CO10 2AG), the main crime hotspot is near Market Hill. Police recorded 61 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Friars Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Kingfishers Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Market Hill —
Sep 2025Drugs Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weavers Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gregory Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Gregory Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gregory Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blackfriars Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Siam Place —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Edgworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Edgworth Road —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Market Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Market Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bullocks Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Market Hill —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Market Hill —
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Data Sources

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