Total Crime Rate
273.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
113.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Gunton & St Margarets , and the 17th 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 High Street (NR32 1XP) in the last 12 months was 273.7 per 1,000 residents and was 203.5% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 20.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 113.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (NR32 1XP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lighthouse Score, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Albany Road (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyndhurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyndhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyndhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyndhurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyndhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albany Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lighthouse Score | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyndhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyndhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyndhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edinburgh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Osborne Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | High Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Hemplands | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Camden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Belle Vue Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belle Vue Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albany Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albany Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edinburgh Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lighthouse Score | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edinburgh Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White Horse Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tethys Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Royal Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Royal Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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