Total Crime Rate

80.8 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 80.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.2 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.1 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 10.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Yew Close area has the 8th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Kelsale & Yoxford , and the 167th highest crime rate of 853 local areas in East Suffolk .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Yew Close (IP17 1FS) in the last 12 months was 80.8 per 1,000 residents and was 106.8% higher than the Kelsale & Yoxford average (39.1 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 50.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Yew Close (IP17 1FS), the main crime hotspot is near Warren Avenue. Police recorded 22 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Yew Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Warren Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elm Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elm Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oak Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warren Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Warren Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Oak Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holly Way —
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Data Sources

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