Total Crime Rate

80.0 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 80.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.9 5/10
  • Other theft 8.9 7/10
  • Public order 8.9 7/10
  • Other crime 4.4 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.4 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Northgate Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Eastgate , and the 130th highest crime rate of 587 local areas in West Suffolk .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Northgate Street (IP33 1HQ) in the last 12 months was 80.0 per 1,000 residents and was 7.4% higher than the Eastgate average (74.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 53.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Northgate Street (IP33 1HQ), the main crime hotspot is near Abbeygate Street. Police recorded 62 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Northgate Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbeygate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbeygate Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Looms Lane —
Sep 2025Public order High Baxter Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pump Lane Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Public order High Baxter Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Pump Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Garland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbeygate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Abbeygate Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Cannonfields Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cannon Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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