Total Crime Rate
94.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
20.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dukes Head Street area has the 37th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Gunton & St Margarets , and the 137th highest crime rate of 850 local areas in East Suffolk .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dukes Head Street (NR32 1JY) in the last 12 months was 94.0 per 1,000 residents and was 4.2% higher than the Gunton & St Margarets average (90.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -70.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 20.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -70.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dukes Head Street (NR32 1JY), the main crime hotspot is near London Road North. Police recorded 48 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whapload Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albany Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnold Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albany Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crown Street West | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albany Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Alexandra Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albany Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belle Vue Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Adrian Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elim Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elim Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elim Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elim Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Belle Vue Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | High Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Hemplands | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Nelson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Osborne Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Crown Street East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Adrian Road | Local resolution |
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