Total Crime Rate
35.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
27.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Thirlmere Drive area has the 20th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Battisford & Ringshall , and the 129th highest 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 Thirlmere Drive (IP14 1SE) in the last 12 months was 35.6 per 1,000 residents and was 126.8% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 27.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -95.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thirlmere Drive (IP14 1SE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gainsborough Road, where police recorded 10 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Town Green (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gainsborough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cavendish Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gainsborough Road | Under investigation |
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