Total Crime Rate

82.0 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 82.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 46.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.5 7/10
  • Burglary 7.8 7/10
  • Other theft 3.9 4/10
  • Public order 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 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

Gunton Drive area has the 40th highest crime rate of 107 local areas in Gunton & St Margarets , and the 161st highest crime rate of 853 local areas in East Suffolk .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Gunton Drive (NR32 4QB) in the last 12 months was 82.0 per 1,000 residents and was 0.2% lower than the Gunton & St Margarets average (82.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 67.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gunton Drive (NR32 4QB), the main crime hotspot is near Links Road. Police recorded 12 crimes here, including 6 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Gunton Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Corton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Links Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour B1385
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Links Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Links Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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