Total Crime Rate

36.0 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

27.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

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 36.0 4/10
  • Violent crimes 27.0 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.0 6/10
  • Other theft 6.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.0 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Larchwood Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 57 local areas in Chedburgh & Chevington , and the 256th lowest crime rate of 590 local areas in West Suffolk .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Larchwood Road (IP28 8ZT) in the last 12 months was 36.0 per 1,000 residents and was 25.3% higher than the Chedburgh & Chevington average (28.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -27.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 27.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Larchwood Road (IP28 8ZT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Larchwood Road, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Blackthorn Close (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Larchwood Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Burdock Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Plantation Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Privet Way —
Apr 2026Other theft Myrtle Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hawthorne Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Blackthorn Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Plantation Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

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