Total Crime Rate
205.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Beech Terrace area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Chilton , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 313 local areas in Mid 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 Beech Terrace (IP14 1JB) in the last 12 months was 205.6 per 1,000 residents and was 313.8% higher than the Chilton average (49.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 1100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 57 (≈ 144.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 90.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 62.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beech Terrace (IP14 1JB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Police Station, where police recorded 57 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Violet Hill Road (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Chilton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kent Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Tree Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Tree Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Temple Bar Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kettlelea Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Kettlelea Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Childer Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pound Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Walnut Tree Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kettlelea Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Soames Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kettlelea Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Violet Hill Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
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