Total Crime Rate

339.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 339.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 107.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 83.3 10/10
  • Other theft 59.5 10/10
  • Public order 29.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.9 6/10
  • Other crime 11.9 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 11.9 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.0 5/10
  • Drugs 6.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.0 5/10
  • Burglary 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

Ropers Lane area has the highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Long Melford , and the 3rd 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 Ropers Lane (CO10 9HQ) in the last 12 months was 339.3 per 1,000 residents and was 789.8% higher than the Long Melford average (38.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -58.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 125.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ropers Lane (CO10 9HQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theobalds Close, where police recorded 5 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Blunden Close (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ropers Lane area

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