Total Crime Rate

110.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Nov 2024 - Oct 2025

Violent Crime Rate

27.7 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

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 110.9 8/10
  • Other theft 46.2 10/10
  • Violent crimes 27.7 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.6 8/10
  • Drugs 6.9 7/10
  • Shoplifting 6.9 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.6 7/10
  • Public order 4.6 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.6 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.3 1/10
  • Burglary 2.3 1/10
  • Other crime 2.3 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Shepherds Lane area has the 5th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Elmswell & Woolpit , and the 19th 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 Shepherds Lane (IP14 3QE) in the last 12 months was 110.9 per 1,000 residents and was 129.1% higher than the Elmswell & Woolpit average (48.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 27.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shepherds Lane (IP14 3QE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Read Close, where police recorded 4 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Owen Way (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Shepherds Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Read Close Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Tynan Crescent Local resolution
Oct 2025Drugs Read Close Under investigation
Oct 2025Violence and sexual offences Fuller Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

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