Total Crime Rate
62.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
48.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oxford Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Harbour & Normanston , and the 222nd highest crime rate of 850 local areas in East Suffolk .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Oxford Road (NR32 1TW) in the last 12 months was 62.7 per 1,000 residents and was 62.6% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 48.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oxford Road (NR32 1TW), the main crime hotspot is near Jacob'S Street. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 22 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 | White Horse Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edinburgh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elim Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Royal Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Royal Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crown Street West | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tethys Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Adrian Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Adrian Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Adrian Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sussex Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edinburgh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sussex Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White Horse Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cathcart Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reeve Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reeve Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Reeve Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Worthing Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Jacob'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jacob'S Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Margaret'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Margaret'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Peter'S Street | Under investigation |
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