Total Crime Rate

627.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

247.4 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 627.6 10/10
  • Violent crimes 247.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 205.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 184.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 62.5 10/10
  • Public order 44.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 31.3 9/10
  • Drugs 23.4 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 15.6 10/10
  • Other theft 15.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.0 9/10
  • Burglary 10.4 9/10
  • Robbery 10.4 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.8 9/10
  • Theft from the person 2.6 2/10
  • Other 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

Whapload Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Gunton & St Margarets , and the 5th highest crime rate of 850 local areas in East Suffolk .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Whapload Road (NR32 1UL) in the last 12 months was 627.6 per 1,000 residents and was 595.9% 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 Shoplifting with 79 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 95 (≈ 247.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whapload Road (NR32 1UL), the main crime hotspot is near Dukes Head Street. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 23 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Whapload Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Whapload Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lighthouse Score Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lighthouse Score Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences White Horse Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs High Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Dukes Head Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order The Hemplands Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences White Horse Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cumberland Place Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Albany Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Albany Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Albany Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Albany Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Camden Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Belle Vue Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Belle Vue Close —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Crown Street East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Osborne Street —
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Data Sources

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