Total Crime Rate

437.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 437.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 138.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 106.1 10/10
  • Public order 62.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.3 10/10
  • Other theft 28.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.7 8/10
  • Burglary 10.8 9/10
  • Drugs 8.7 8/10
  • Other crime 8.7 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.5 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.5 9/10
  • Robbery 4.3 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.3 6/10
  • 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

Church Walk area has the highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Mildenhall Great Heath , and the 6th 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 Church Walk (IP28 7ED) in the last 12 months was 437.2 per 1,000 residents and was 426.7% higher than the Mildenhall Great Heath average (83.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 64 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 83 (≈ 179.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Walk (IP28 7ED), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bridewell Close (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Church Walk area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridewell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Riverside Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridewell Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridewell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridewell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bridewell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Bridewell Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wamil Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Police Station Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour High Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Aldrich Place —
Sep 2025Public order Aldrich Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Park Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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