Total Crime Rate

64.8 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 64.8 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.4 7/10
  • Burglary 8.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.1 6/10
  • Other crime 8.1 9/10
  • Other theft 4.1 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

The Rookery area has the 14th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Brandon Central , and the 169th highest crime rate of 587 local areas in West Suffolk .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Rookery (IP27 0LL) in the last 12 months was 64.8 per 1,000 residents and was 38.0% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 36.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 36.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Rookery (IP27 0LL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Seymour Avenue, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Crown Street (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in The Rookery area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Seymour Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Seymour Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seymour Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seymour Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Seymour Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Hill Under investigation
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Data Sources

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