Total Crime Rate
49.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
21.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Love Road area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Harbour & Normanston , and the 306th highest crime rate of 850 local areas in East Suffolk .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Love Road (NR32 2NZ) in the last 12 months was 49.3 per 1,000 residents and was 70.6% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 25.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 21.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Love Road (NR32 2NZ), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 85 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 | Alexandra Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stanley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cathcart Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Reeve Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wollaston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clapham Road South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clapham Road South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princes Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clapham Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clapham Road South | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clapham Road South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clapham Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clapham Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clapham Road South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stanley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Leiston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alma Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reeve Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Seago Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alma Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alma Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alma Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Jacob'S Street | Under investigation |
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