Total Crime Rate

138.1 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 138.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 49.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.6 6/10
  • Public order 22.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.6 9/10
  • Shoplifting 11.1 5/10
  • Burglary 5.5 6/10
  • Drugs 5.5 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Cotton Lane area has the 4th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Eastgate , and the 59th highest crime rate of 587 local areas in West Suffolk .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cotton Lane (IP33 1XP) in the last 12 months was 138.1 per 1,000 residents and was 85.5% higher than the Eastgate average (74.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 49.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cotton Lane (IP33 1XP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pump Lane (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cotton Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cannon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cannonfields Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Etna Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Looms Lane —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pump Lane Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Pump Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Garland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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