Crime Rates at Love Road, Lowestoft, NR32 2NU

Love Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 107 local areas in Gunton & St Margarets , and the 25th highest crime rate of 853 local areas in East Suffolk .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Love Road (NR32 2NU) in the last 12 months was 231.0 per 1,000 residents and was 180.9% higher than the Gunton & St Margarets average (82.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 118.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Love Road (NR32 2NU), the main crime hotspot is near Newson'S Meadow. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.