Total Crime Rate

109.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 109.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.5 7/10
  • Burglary 18.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.2 8/10
  • Public order 9.1 7/10
  • Other theft 6.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Drugs 3.0 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • 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
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

Rectory Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 107 local areas in Gunton & St Margarets , and the 103rd 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 Rectory Road (NR33 0AR) in the last 12 months was 109.4 per 1,000 residents and was 33.1% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -76.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 48.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -48.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 144.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rectory Road (NR33 0AR), the main crime hotspot is near Richmond Road. Police recorded 19 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Rectory Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Clement Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Lorne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour College Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lawson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft London Road South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rectory Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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