Total Crime Rate

145.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 145.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 88.2 10/10
  • Drugs 12.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.4 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.9 5/10
  • Other crime 6.9 8/10
  • Public order 6.9 6/10
  • Other theft 5.2 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.2 8/10
  • Burglary 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Norton Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Elmswell & Woolpit , and the 10th 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 Norton Road (IP31 3PB) in the last 12 months was 145.3 per 1,000 residents and was 217.9% 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 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 58 (≈ 100.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 170.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Norton Road (IP31 3PB), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Norton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oak Wood Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Thurston Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Hazelwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hazelwood Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hazelwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hazelwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Hazelwood Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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