Total Crime Rate

106.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 106.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.5 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.8 7/10
  • Other theft 10.7 8/10
  • Public order 7.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.1 6/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sands Lane area has the 29th highest crime rate of 107 local areas in Gunton & St Margarets , and the 107th 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 Sands Lane (NR32 3HT) in the last 12 months was 106.8 per 1,000 residents and was 29.8% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 35.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sands Lane (NR32 3HT), the main crime hotspot is near Whiting Road. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Sands Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Cheviot Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Whiting Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grampian Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Fuller Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grampian Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whiting Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Whiting Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Birch Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birch Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Whiting Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cutler Road —
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Data Sources

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