Total Crime Rate

179.4 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 179.4 9/10
  • Shoplifting 99.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.6 5/10
  • Drugs 6.6 7/10
  • Other theft 6.6 6/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Public order 3.3 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Station Hill 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 Station Hill (IP31 3QU) 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 Station Hill (IP31 3QU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oak Wood Drive (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Station Hill area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Thurston Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oak Wood Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Acorns Under investigation
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Data Sources

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