Total Crime Rate
96.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Summer Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Harbour & Normanston , and the 130th highest crime rate of 850 local areas in East Suffolk .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Summer Road (NR32 2LJ) in the last 12 months was 96.1 per 1,000 residents and was 42.7% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -6.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 50.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Summer Road (NR32 2LJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 87 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Station Square (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Jacob'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stanley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ethel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Surrey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Surrey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Station Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cathcart Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wollaston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stanley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Jacob'S Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stanley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stanley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alma Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alma Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alma Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Seago Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alma Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alma Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
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