Total Crime Rate
18.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
6.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Springfield Road area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Abbeygate , and the 126th lowest crime rate of 590 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 Springfield Road (IP33 3AS) in the last 12 months was 18.9 per 1,000 residents and was 90.0% lower than the Abbeygate average (189.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Springfield Road (IP33 3AS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Grove Road, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Camberley Court (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Tollgate| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Camberley Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Way | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Spring Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Springfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Spring Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Spring Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elseys Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elseys Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elseys Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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