Total Crime Rate
177.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lode Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Brandon Central , and the 35th highest crime rate of 587 local areas in West Suffolk .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lode Street (IP27 0BD) in the last 12 months was 177.4 per 1,000 residents and was 69.8% higher than the Brandon Central average (104.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 250.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 108.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 170.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lode Street (IP27 0BD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lode Street, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stores Street (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brandon Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Suffolk Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lode Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wellington Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wellington Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lode Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Wellington Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lode Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Whitehart Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Stores Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Stores Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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