Total Crime Rate

733.7 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 733.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 277.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 198.4 10/10
  • Public order 70.7 10/10
  • Drugs 62.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 48.9 10/10
  • Other theft 27.2 10/10
  • Theft from the person 13.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.2 9/10
  • Other crime 8.2 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.7 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Hospital Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Abbeygate , and the 2nd 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 Hospital Road (IP33 3NH) in the last 12 months was 733.7 per 1,000 residents and was 240.4% 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 102 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 130 (≈ 353.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hospital Road (IP33 3NH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Maundy Close (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hospital Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Eyre Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chalk Road (South) Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Castle Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drummond Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting A1302 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Out Westgate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs King'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Old Convent Orchard —
Sep 2025Other theft Mill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Maundy Close —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chalk Road (South) Under investigation
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Data Sources

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