Total Crime Rate

127.9 per 1,000 8/10 Β· High

All offences Β· 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 Β· Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 Β· Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Edgworth Road 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 Edgworth Road (CO10 2TG) 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 (β‰ˆ 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 Edgworth Road (CO10 2TG), 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 Edgworth Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hamilton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hamilton Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hamilton Road β€”
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hamilton Road β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hamilton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hamilton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hamilton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hamilton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Edgworth Road β€”
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bullocks Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Great Eastern Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Siam Place β€”
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weavers Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Edgworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Market Hill β€”
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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