Total Crime Rate

94.4 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 94.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.6 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.6 9/10
  • Drugs 4.3 5/10
  • Other theft 4.3 4/10
  • Shoplifting 4.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Dairy Drive area has the 12th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in St Olaves , and the 101st highest crime rate of 587 local areas in West 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 Dairy Drive (IP28 6LN) in the last 12 months was 94.4 per 1,000 residents and was 27.2% higher than the St Olaves average (74.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 55.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 116.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 266.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dairy Drive (IP28 6LN), the main crime hotspot is near Pigeon Lane. Police recorded 10 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Dairy Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hengrave Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forge End Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forge End Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forge End Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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