Total Crime Rate

203.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 203.3 9/10
  • Burglary 55.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 38.5 10/10
  • Other theft 27.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.0 8/10
  • Drugs 5.5 6/10
  • Other crime 5.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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
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

High Street area has the highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Halesworth & Blything , and the 30th highest crime rate of 853 local areas in East 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 High Street (IP18 6AS) in the last 12 months was 203.3 per 1,000 residents and was 408.0% higher than the Halesworth & Blything average (40.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 900.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -10.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 49.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (IP18 6AS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cautley Road, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Station Road (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Eversley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cautley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cautley Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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