Total Crime Rate
185.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Ann Strutt Close area has the highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Box Vale , and the 7th highest crime rate of 301 local areas in Babergh .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ann Strutt Close (IP7 6FG) in the last 12 months was 185.7 per 1,000 residents and was 470.7% higher than the Box Vale average (32.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 133.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 113.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ann Strutt Close (IP7 6FG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ann Strutt Close, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Emma Girling Close (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Box Vale| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ann Strutt Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Grays Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ann Strutt Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alice Parkins Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mary Clarke Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Emma Girling Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grays Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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