Total Crime Rate
733.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Old Convent Orchard 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 Old Convent Orchard (IP33 3PQ) 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 Old Convent Orchard (IP33 3PQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 140 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Merchants Place (52 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Abbeygate| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gosnold Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Prospect Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | A1302 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nightclub | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gosnold Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | King'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gosnold Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gosnold Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Old Convent Orchard | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Prospect Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Merchants Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gosnold Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gosnold Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whiting Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whiting Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Whiting Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Gosnold Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Guildhall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Edmundsbury Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | A143 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Prospect Row | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Prospect Row | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Castle Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Prospect Row | Awaiting court outcome |
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