Total Crime Rate

16.9 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

4.2 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 16.9 2/10
  • Violent crimes 4.2 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.2 3/10
  • Burglary 4.2 5/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 4.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other 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
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Gorse Lane area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 75 local areas in Halesworth & Blything , and the 190th lowest crime rate of 850 local areas in East Suffolk .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Gorse Lane (IP18 6NG) in the last 12 months was 16.9 per 1,000 residents and was 63.9% lower than the Halesworth & Blything average (46.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 4.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gorse Lane (IP18 6NG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Evans Close, where police recorded 3 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Seaview Road (1 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Gorse Lane area

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Data Sources

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