Total Crime Rate

29.4 per 1,000 3/10 · 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 29.4 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.3 3/10
  • Burglary 4.9 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.9 4/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Other theft 2.5 1/10
  • Public order 2.5 1/10
  • 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
  • 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

Beard Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 48 local areas in St Olaves , and the 222nd lowest crime rate of 587 local areas in West Suffolk .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Beard Road (IP32 6SA) in the last 12 months was 29.4 per 1,000 residents and was 60.4% lower than the St Olaves average (74.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -58.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 14.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beard Road (IP32 6SA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gorst Close, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wool Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Beard Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gorst Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windell Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Gorst Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Summers Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Summers Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ion Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Ion Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Silk Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Silk Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Myrtlewood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hodson Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wool Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cumberland Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boby Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sussex Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hertford Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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