Total Crime Rate

106.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025

Violent Crime Rate

67.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

Nov 2024 - Oct 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 106.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 67.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.1 8/10
  • Other crime 12.1 10/10
  • Burglary 4.8 5/10
  • Drugs 4.8 5/10
  • Other theft 4.8 5/10
  • Public order 2.4 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Forest Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Battisford & Ringshall , and the 20th highest crime rate of 312 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 Forest Road (IP14 3HJ) in the last 12 months was 106.5 per 1,000 residents and was 428.5% higher than the Battisford & Ringshall average (20.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violent crimes ( 211.1% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 67.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 211.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 37.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Forest Road (IP14 3HJ), the main crime hotspot is near Ash Road. Police recorded 6 crimes here, including 5 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Forest Road area

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Data Sources

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