Total Crime Rate
17.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Peters Road area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 49 local areas in Battisford & Ringshall , and the 80th lowest crime rate of 309 local areas in Mid Suffolk .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around St Peters Road (IP14 1LE) in the last 12 months was 17.8 per 1,000 residents and was 13.2% higher than the Battisford & Ringshall average (15.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 14.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Peters Road (IP14 1LE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kingsmead Road, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Courtyard (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lydgate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cavendish Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Constable Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsmead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsmead Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gainsborough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gainsborough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Blackerby Close | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spencer Way | Under investigation |
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