Total Crime Rate

136.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 136.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.9 6/10
  • Other theft 11.9 8/10
  • Public order 11.9 8/10
  • Shoplifting 11.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.9 7/10
  • Other crime 9.9 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Village Way area has the 16th highest crime rate of 107 local areas in Gunton & St Margarets , and the 63rd 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 Village Way (NR32 4TH) in the last 12 months was 136.9 per 1,000 residents and was 66.5% 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 77.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Village Way (NR32 4TH), the main crime hotspot is near Blyford Road. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Village Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wissett Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Reydon Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Uggeshall Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Uggeshall Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blyford Road —
Sep 2025Other crime Blyford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Blyford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stoven Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Wissett Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Reydon Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Reydon Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Reydon Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Spashett Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Spashett Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Spashett Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Astbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Henham Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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