Total Crime Rate
198.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
102.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Alma Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Harbour & Normanston , and the 29th highest crime rate of 850 local areas in East Suffolk .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Alma Road (NR32 2EA) in the last 12 months was 198.0 per 1,000 residents and was 18.2% higher 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 102.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Alma Road (NR32 2EA), the main crime hotspot is near Bevan Street East. Police recorded 76 crimes here, including 37 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 | Stanley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alma Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stanley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Beckham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beckham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bevan Street East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stanford Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alma Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alma Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Denmark Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haward Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Seago Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Trafalgar Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ethel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alma Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alma Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bevan Street East | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bevan Street East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bevan Street East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stanley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stanford Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stanley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clapham Road South | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Summer Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wollaston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ashby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashby Road | Awaiting court outcome |
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