Total Crime Rate

129.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 129.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 43.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.2 8/10
  • Other crime 14.4 10/10
  • Public order 14.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.2 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.2 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other 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

Clay Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 48 local areas in St Olaves , and the 65th highest crime rate of 587 local areas in West 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 Clay Road (IP32 6QZ) in the last 12 months was 129.5 per 1,000 residents and was 74.5% higher than the St Olaves average (74.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 64.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 120.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Clay Road (IP32 6QZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gorst Close, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Redwood Drive (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Clay Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Myrtlewood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sussex Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gorst Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Ion Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ion Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Silk Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Silk Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Redwood Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windell Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Summers Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Summers Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cumberland Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hertford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Redwood Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boby Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wool Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Gorst Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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