Total Crime Rate
287.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
96.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Freemantle Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Gunton & St Margarets , and the 14th highest crime rate of 850 local areas in East Suffolk .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Freemantle Road (NR33 0EA) in the last 12 months was 287.2 per 1,000 residents and was 218.4% higher than the Gunton & St Margarets average (90.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 96.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Freemantle Road (NR33 0EA), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 75 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Richmond Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Windsor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grosvenor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kirkley Rise | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grosvenor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Salisbury Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Economy Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Economy Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ontario Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Richmond Place | Under investigation |
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