Total Crime Rate
12.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Shop Close area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 31 local areas in Barrow , and the 89th lowest crime rate of 587 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 Shop Close (IP29 5EG) in the last 12 months was 12.7 per 1,000 residents and was 66.6% lower than the Barrow average (38.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 12.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
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