Total Crime Rate

94.6 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 94.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.1 6/10
  • Other theft 25.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.2 5/10
  • Drugs 7.7 7/10
  • Public order 7.7 6/10
  • Other crime 5.1 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.1 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

The Squirrells area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Brantham , and the 28th 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 The Squirrells (IP9 2XQ) in the last 12 months was 94.6 per 1,000 residents and was 263.5% higher than the Brantham average (26.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 40.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Squirrells (IP9 2XQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Penn Close, where police recorded 5 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in The Squirrells area

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Data Sources

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