Total Crime Rate
98.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
49.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cypress Close area has the 8th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Mildenhall Great Heath , and the 92nd highest crime rate of 590 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 Cypress Close (IP28 7SH) in the last 12 months was 98.4 per 1,000 residents and was 31.8% higher than the Mildenhall Great Heath average (74.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 49.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cypress Close (IP28 7SH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clare Close, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Juniper Close (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clare Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hornbeam Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hornbeam Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Juniper Close | — |
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