Total Crime Rate
55.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Abbeygate Street area has the 30th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Abbeygate , and the 196th highest crime rate of 587 local areas in West Suffolk .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Abbeygate Street (IP33 1LB) in the last 12 months was 55.8 per 1,000 residents and was 74.1% lower than the Abbeygate average (215.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 34.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Abbeygate Street (IP33 1LB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 108 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Merchants Place (52 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Abbeygate| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gosnold Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Looms Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brentgovel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brentgovel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchants Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchants Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchants Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | High Baxter Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | High Baxter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Pump Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pump Lane | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gosnold Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gosnold Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gosnold Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tavern Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gosnold Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Abbeygate Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Prospect Row | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gosnold Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gosnold Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Woolhall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woolhall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbeygate Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbeygate Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbeygate Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Prospect Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Prospect Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Prospect Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Prospect Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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