Total Crime Rate
649.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
274.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Auction Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Abbeygate , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 590 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 Auction Street (IP33 3FA) in the last 12 months was 649.5 per 1,000 residents and was 242.2% higher 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 80 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 101 (≈ 274.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Auction Street (IP33 3FA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 144 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Merchants Place (60 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | King'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Skinner Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Andrew'S Street North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Andrew'S Street North | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Andrew'S Street North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woolhall Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Merchants Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Baxter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Merchants Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merchants Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchants Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchants Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchants Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchants Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prospect Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchants Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gosnold Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gosnold Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gosnold Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Skinner Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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