Total Crime Rate

54.7 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 54.7 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.9 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.0 7/10
  • Drugs 5.0 6/10
  • Other theft 5.0 5/10
  • Public order 5.0 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.0 5/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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
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

Thorn Way area has the 26th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Eastern Felixstowe , and the 265th highest crime rate of 853 local areas in East Suffolk .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Thorn Way (IP11 2LT) in the last 12 months was 54.7 per 1,000 residents and was 1.1% higher than the Eastern Felixstowe average (54.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -58.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 29.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Thorn Way (IP11 2LT), the main crime hotspot is near Selvale Way. Police recorded 12 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Thorn Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
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MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waveney Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waveney Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waveney Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Selvale Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waveney Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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