Crime Rates at Hollingsworth Road, Lowestoft, NR32 4AZ

Hollingsworth Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 107 local areas in Gunton & St Margarets , and the 39th 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 Hollingsworth Road (NR32 4AZ) in the last 12 months was 175.5 per 1,000 residents and was 113.5% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 106.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hollingsworth Road (NR32 4AZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hollingsworth Road, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Godetia Court (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.