Total Crime Rate
11.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025High Street area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 75 local areas in Halesworth & Blything , and the 113th lowest crime rate of 853 local areas in East 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 High Street (IP17 3EP) in the last 12 months was 11.3 per 1,000 residents and was 71.7% lower than the Halesworth & Blything average (40.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 4.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (IP17 3EP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Old High Road, where police recorded 1 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near High Street (1 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
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