Total Crime Rate
985.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
334.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Regent Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Harbour & Normanston , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 850 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 Regent Road (NR32 1PB) in the last 12 months was 985.6 per 1,000 residents and was 488.4% higher than the Harbour & Normanston average (167.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 109 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 24.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 93 (≈ 334.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Regent Road (NR32 1PB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 225 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Suffolk Road (75 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Nelson Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gordon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elim Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Reeve Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reeve Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reeve Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elim Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Suffolk Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beresford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arnold Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Suffolk Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Suffolk Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Suffolk Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Suffolk Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Suffolk Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Suffolk Road | Under investigation |
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