Total Crime Rate

427.1 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 427.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 246.7 10/10
  • Public order 63.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 47.8 10/10
  • Other theft 39.8 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.0 9/10
  • Drugs 5.3 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.3 8/10
  • Shoplifting 5.3 4/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Sharp Road area has the highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Eastgate , and the 7th highest crime rate of 587 local areas in West Suffolk .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Sharp Road (IP33 2NB) in the last 12 months was 427.1 per 1,000 residents and was 473.5% higher than the Eastgate average (74.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 93 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 119 (≈ 315.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sharp Road (IP33 2NB), the main crime hotspot is near Park/Open Space. Police recorded 15 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sharp Road area

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Data Sources

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