Total Crime Rate
607.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025King Street 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 King Street (CO10 2EB) 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 King Street (CO10 2EB), 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.
View Crime In Lavenham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Moulton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cavendish Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Siam Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | A131 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A131 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | East Street | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | East Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | East Street | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Cavendish Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bullocks Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Market Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Market Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Hill | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Hill | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Hill | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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