Total Crime Rate

120.4 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 120.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.2 8/10
  • Burglary 18.3 10/10
  • Other theft 18.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.3 6/10
  • Drugs 7.3 7/10
  • Other crime 7.3 8/10
  • Public order 7.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
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

Elm Cottages area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 107 local areas in Gunton & St Margarets , and the 86th 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 Elm Cottages (NR32 5NQ) in the last 12 months was 120.4 per 1,000 residents and was 46.5% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -54.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 47.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -51.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Elm Cottages (NR32 5NQ), the main crime hotspot is near Yarmouth Road. Police recorded 2 crimes here, including 1 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Elm Cottages area

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