Total Crime Rate

47.1 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 47.1 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.3 7/10
  • Other theft 5.9 5/10
  • Public order 5.9 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Whitton Park area has the 8th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Blakenham , and the 85th highest crime rate of 313 local areas in Mid Suffolk .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Whitton Park (IP1 6TJ) in the last 12 months was 47.1 per 1,000 residents and was 11.8% higher than the Blakenham average (42.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 41.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 600.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitton Park (IP1 6TJ), the main crime hotspot is near Homer Close. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Whitton Park area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Carlyle Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Carlyle Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Carlyle Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Carlyle Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Homer Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Homer Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Homer Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Homer Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Homer Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carlyle Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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