Crime Rates at Badgerwood Close, Lowestoft, NR33 0LP

Badgerwood Close area has the 52nd lowest crime rate of 132 local areas in Carlton & Whitton , and the 335th lowest crime rate of 850 local areas in East Suffolk .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Badgerwood Close (NR33 0LP) in the last 12 months was 27.2 per 1,000 residents and was 50.4% lower than the Carlton & Whitton average (54.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 17.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 150.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Badgerwood Close (NR33 0LP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St George'S Road, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Morton Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.