Total Crime Rate

99.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 99.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.5 4/10
  • Other theft 6.5 6/10
  • Burglary 2.2 1/10
  • Drugs 2.2 1/10
  • Other crime 2.2 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.2 1/10
  • Public order 2.2 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Lanecroft area has the 6th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Elmswell & Woolpit , and the 26th highest crime rate of 313 local areas in Mid 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 Lanecroft (IP30 9RY) in the last 12 months was 99.6 per 1,000 residents and was 117.8% higher than the Elmswell & Woolpit average (45.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 64.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lanecroft (IP30 9RY), the main crime hotspot is near Grange Close. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lanecroft area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grange Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Green Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Greencroft Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Greencroft Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grange Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grange Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grange Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Saffrons Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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