Total Crime Rate

19.7 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

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 19.7 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.4 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 7.4 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.5 1/10
  • Other theft 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Cake Street Close area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 52 local areas in Lakenheath , and the 138th lowest crime rate of 587 local areas in West Suffolk .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cake Street Close (IP28 8EJ) in the last 12 months was 19.7 per 1,000 residents and was 38.5% lower than the Lakenheath average (32.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 7.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cake Street Close (IP28 8EJ), the main crime hotspot is near Lamble Close. Police recorded 9 crimes here, including 5 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cake Street Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clement'S Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clement'S Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lamble Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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