Total Crime Rate

95.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

79.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 95.7 7/10
  • Violent crimes 79.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 79.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.6 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Pasture Way area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Lakenheath , and the 96th highest crime rate of 590 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 Pasture Way (IP28 8ZF) in the last 12 months was 95.7 per 1,000 residents and was 178.5% higher than the Lakenheath average (34.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 114.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 79.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 114.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pasture Way (IP28 8ZF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dairy Drive, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pasture Way (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Pasture Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pasture Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Dairy Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cutters Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Skelton'S Drove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Skelton'S Drove Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Harrow Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pasture Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

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