Total Crime Rate

45.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 45.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.6 3/10
  • Other theft 9.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.6 3/10
  • Public order 4.6 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Church Walks area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 62 local areas in Abbeygate , and the 249th 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 Church Walks (IP33 1NJ) in the last 12 months was 45.5 per 1,000 residents and was 78.9% 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 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 4 (≈ 18.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Walks (IP33 1NJ), 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 Church Walks area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whiting Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order High Baxter Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order High Baxter Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Guildhall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson A143 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Abbeygate Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbeygate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbeygate Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Edmundsbury Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Whiting Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Looms Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbeygate Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whiting Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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