Total Crime Rate

307.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 307.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 128.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 30.5 7/10
  • Drugs 27.4 10/10
  • Public order 27.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.4 10/10
  • Theft from the person 21.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.3 7/10
  • Other crime 9.2 9/10
  • Other theft 9.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.1 4/10
  • Burglary 3.1 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • 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

Guildhall 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.

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Crime Over Time in Guildhall Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson A143 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brentgovel 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 St Edmundsbury Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merchants Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merchants Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merchants Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brentgovel Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brentgovel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Brentgovel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woolhall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Woolhall Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merchants Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merchants Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merchants Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merchants Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Merchants Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Tavern Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Whiting Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Guildhall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Nightclub Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Merchants Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whiting Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Prospect Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Prospect Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Prospect Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Prospect Row Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Looms Lane

Data Sources

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