Total Crime Rate
15.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Leggatt Drive area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Blakenham , and the 55th lowest crime rate of 309 local areas in Mid Suffolk .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Leggatt Drive (IP8 4EU) in the last 12 months was 15.0 per 1,000 residents and was 58.9% lower than the Blakenham average (36.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 15.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Leggatt Drive (IP8 4EU), the main crime hotspot is near Fitzgerald Road. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bramford| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bushman Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Flindell Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fitzgerald Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Close | Under investigation |
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