Total Crime Rate

55.8 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 55.8 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.0 5/10
  • Other theft 7.0 6/10
  • Public order 7.0 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.5 2/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Whiting 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 Whiting Street (IP33 1NX) 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 Whiting Street (IP33 1NX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 140 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.

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Crime Over Time in Whiting Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Merchants Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order High Baxter Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson A143 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Edmundsbury Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order High Baxter Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Guildhall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Garland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merchants Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Whiting Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merchants Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whiting Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whiting Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lawsons Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merchants Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Pump Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merchants Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Looms Lane
Sep 2025Other crime Merchants Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Woolhall Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pump Lane Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Gosnold Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brentgovel Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merchants Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Nightclub Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merchants Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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