Total Crime Rate

68.6 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 68.6 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.1 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.1 6/10
  • Other theft 8.1 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.1 9/10
  • Burglary 4.0 5/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Robbery 4.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Tower Close area has the 13th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Brandon Central , and the 155th highest crime rate of 587 local areas in West 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 Tower Close (IP27 0LJ) in the last 12 months was 68.6 per 1,000 residents and was 34.4% lower 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 4 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 Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 28.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 84.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tower Close (IP27 0LJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 10 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Peter'S Place (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Tower Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queens Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Tower Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person St Peter'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Peter'S Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Church End Under investigation
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Data Sources

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