Total Crime Rate
84.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Edinburgh Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Harbour & Normanston , and the 157th highest crime rate of 850 local areas in East Suffolk .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Edinburgh Road (NR32 1SU) in the last 12 months was 84.0 per 1,000 residents and was 49.8% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 42.9% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 50.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Edinburgh Road (NR32 1SU), the main crime hotspot is near Reeve Street. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 20 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 | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elim Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White Horse Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White Horse Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crown Street West | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Royal Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Royal Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | 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 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elim Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tethys Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | High Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edinburgh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edinburgh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edinburgh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albany Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albany Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albany Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albany Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Osborne Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Hemplands | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Belle Vue Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reeve Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Margaret'S Road | Under investigation |
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