Total Crime Rate

185.2 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 185.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 53.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.4 8/10
  • Shoplifting 30.3 7/10
  • Other theft 20.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.5 8/10
  • Public order 13.5 8/10
  • Theft from the person 6.7 8/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

High Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Box Vale , and the 8th highest crime rate of 301 local areas in Babergh .

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 High Street (IP7 5EA) in the last 12 months was 185.2 per 1,000 residents and was 469.3% higher than the Box Vale average (32.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 53.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (IP7 5EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pykenham Way (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pykenham Way Under investigation

Data Sources

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