Total Crime Rate
112.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Walnut Tree Avenue area has the highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Deben , and the 94th highest crime rate of 853 local areas in East Suffolk .
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 Walnut Tree Avenue (IP12 2GG) in the last 12 months was 112.8 per 1,000 residents and was 234.9% higher than the Deben average (33.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 250.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 45.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Walnut Tree Avenue (IP12 2GG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sycamore Drive, where police recorded 10 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Welburn Close (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Deben| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sycamore Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayhew Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hercules Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Welburn Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Welburn Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pine Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Willow Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Knight Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pine Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Magnolia Drive | Action to be taken by another organisation |
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