Total Crime Rate
307.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Guildhall Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Abbeygate , and the 16th highest crime rate of 587 local areas in West Suffolk .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Guildhall Street (IP33 1PR) in the last 12 months was 307.9 per 1,000 residents and was 42.9% higher 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 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -70.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 53 (≈ 161.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Guildhall Street (IP33 1PR), 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.
View Crime In Abbeygate| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | A143 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brentgovel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | High Baxter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | High Baxter Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Edmundsbury Mews | 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Brentgovel Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brentgovel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Brentgovel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woolhall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Woolhall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchants Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchants Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchants Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchants Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Merchants Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tavern Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Whiting Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Guildhall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Merchants Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whiting Street | 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 |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Prospect Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Looms Lane | — |
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