Total Crime Rate

124.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 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 124.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.2 9/10
  • Drugs 16.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.4 8/10
  • Public order 9.6 7/10
  • Other theft 7.2 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.8 7/10
  • Burglary 2.4 1/10
  • Robbery 2.4 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Newton Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Chilton , and the 15th highest crime rate of 313 local areas in Mid Suffolk .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Newton Road (IP14 5AF) in the last 12 months was 124.7 per 1,000 residents and was 151.0% 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 35 (≈ 83.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 17.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Newton Road (IP14 5AF), the main crime hotspot is near Navigation Place. Police recorded 22 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Newton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Bond Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Navigation Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stowupland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stowupland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Road East Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Stowmarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Victoria Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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