Total Crime Rate

11.2 per 1,000 1/10 · Very 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 11.2 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.7 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 1.9 1/10
  • Burglary 1.9 1/10
  • Other theft 1.9 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 1.9 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
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

Church Lane area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 43 local areas in Bardwell , and the 68th 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 Church Lane (IP31 1EX) in the last 12 months was 11.2 per 1,000 residents and was 60.3% lower than the Bardwell average (28.3 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 3.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Lane (IP31 1EX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Church Lane, where police recorded 1 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Garden Fields (1 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Church Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Church Lane Under investigation

Data Sources

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