Total Crime Rate

29.4 per 1,000 3/10 · 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 29.4 3/10
  • Public order 6.5 5/10
  • Shoplifting 6.5 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.3 2/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.3 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Brittons Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Barrow , and the 222nd lowest crime rate of 587 local areas in West Suffolk .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Brittons Road (IP29 5AF) in the last 12 months was 29.4 per 1,000 residents and was 22.8% lower than the Barrow average (38.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 13.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brittons Road (IP29 5AF), the main crime hotspot is near Cedar Road. Police recorded 8 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 Brittons Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadow Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Cedar Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadow Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cedar Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meadow Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cedar Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Cedar Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cedar Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cedar Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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