Total Crime Rate
122.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
64.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sussex Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in St Olaves , and the 65th highest crime rate of 590 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 Sussex Road (IP32 6TE) in the last 12 months was 122.3 per 1,000 residents and was 80.3% higher than the St Olaves average (67.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 64.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sussex Road (IP32 6TE), the main crime hotspot is near Gorst Close. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In St Olaves| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gorst Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wool Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sussex Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Silk Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Silk Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Silk Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Silk Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cossie Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Windell Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wool Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Gorst Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wool Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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