Total Crime Rate
10.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
2.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Harebell Road 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 Harebell Road (IP28 8TY) 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 Harebell Road (IP28 8TY), the main crime hotspot is near Fennel Drive. Police recorded 12 crimes here, including 7 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hundred Acre Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fennel Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Acorn Way | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tayberry Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Elderberry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Juniper Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Poppy Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tayberry Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorne Close | Under investigation |
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