Crime Rates at Grove Road, Lowestoft, NR32 1EB

Grove Road area has the highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Harbour & Normanston , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 853 local areas in East Suffolk .

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 Grove Road (NR32 1EB) in the last 12 months was 947.5 per 1,000 residents and was 524.6% higher than the Harbour & Normanston average (151.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 138 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 4 cases , down -42.9% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 176 (≈ 543.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grove Road (NR32 1EB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 165 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Suffolk Road (60 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.