Total Crime Rate

10.9 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

2.7 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 10.9 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.2 5/10
  • Violent crimes 2.7 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Thyme Close area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 57 local areas in Chedburgh & Chevington , and the 46th lowest crime rate of 590 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 Thyme Close (IP28 8FT) in the last 12 months was 10.9 per 1,000 residents and was 62.0% lower than the Chedburgh & Chevington average (28.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violent crimes with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 2.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -94.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Thyme Close (IP28 8FT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parsley Close, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fennel Drive (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Thyme Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parsley Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bilberry Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Plantation Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Plantation Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hawthorne Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parsley Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hundred Acre Way —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Acorn Way Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Elderberry Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Poppy Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Juniper Road —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tayberry Close —
Apr 2026Other theft Tayberry Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fennel Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parsley Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parsley Close —
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Data Sources

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