Total Crime Rate
181.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
122.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Queens Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Gunton & St Margarets , and the 35th 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 Queens Road (NR32 1TB) in the last 12 months was 181.0 per 1,000 residents and was 100.7% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 122.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Queens Road (NR32 1TB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Jacob'S Street, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dukes Head Street (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Crown Street East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cathcart Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albany Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albany Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albany Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albany Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sussex Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sussex Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reeve Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Adrian Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reeve Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Reeve Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Worthing Road | 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 | Drugs | Adrian Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Adrian Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jacob'S Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elim Terrace | 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 | Edinburgh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Osborne Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Elim Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 |
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