Total Crime Rate

300.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

127.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 300.9 10/10
  • Violent crimes 127.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 105.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 67.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 46.6 10/10
  • Other theft 33.9 10/10
  • Public order 17.0 9/10
  • Burglary 8.5 8/10
  • Drugs 8.5 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.2 6/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.2 7/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wards Cottages area has the 5th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Harbour & Normanston , and the 12th highest crime rate of 850 local areas in East Suffolk .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wards Cottages (NR32 1RH) in the last 12 months was 300.9 per 1,000 residents and was 79.6% higher than the Harbour & Normanston average (167.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 175.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 127.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wards Cottages (NR32 1RH), 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.

Crime Over Time in Wards Cottages area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/82)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Theatre/Concert Hall Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alma Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Alma Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cathcart Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Beach Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Suffolk Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grove Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stanley Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Leiston Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stanley Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Stanley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Stanley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Station Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Station Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Station Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Station Square Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Alma Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Suffolk Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Waveney Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Waveney Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Seago Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Wollaston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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