Total Crime Rate
179.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Fox & Hounds Close area has the highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Elmswell & Woolpit , and the 3rd 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 Fox & Hounds Close (IP31 3NS) in the last 12 months was 179.4 per 1,000 residents and was 292.5% higher than the Elmswell & Woolpit average (45.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 53.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fox & Hounds Close (IP31 3NS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hazelwood Close (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Elmswell & Woolpit| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Thurston | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Acorns | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Hazelwood Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazelwood Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazelwood Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazelwood Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Hazelwood Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Wood Drive | Under investigation |
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