Total Crime Rate
20.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Newmarket area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Priory & St James' , and the 62nd lowest crime rate of 489 local areas in East Lindsey .
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 Newmarket (LN11 9EN) in the last 12 months was 20.3 per 1,000 residents and was 87.3% lower than the Priory & St James' average (159.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 16.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Newmarket (LN11 9EN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lindsey Way (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newmarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tennyson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lindsey Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lindsey Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sherwood Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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