Total Crime Rate

98.3 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 98.3 8/10
  • Shoplifting 27.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.0 7/10
  • Public order 17.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.0 4/10
  • Other theft 6.8 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.8 6/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Gainsborough Drive area has the 36th highest crime rate of 107 local areas in Gunton & St Margarets , and the 131st 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 Gainsborough Drive (NR32 4NJ) in the last 12 months was 98.3 per 1,000 residents and was 19.6% 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 Shoplifting with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 33.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gainsborough Drive (NR32 4NJ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 16 crimes here, including 7 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Gainsborough Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Vermeer Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Degas Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Degas Gardens
Sep 2025Public order Lawrence Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Lawrence Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lawrence Drive
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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