Crime Rates at Simmetts Cottages, Lowestoft, NR33 0PL

Simmetts Cottages area has the 10th highest crime rate of 106 local areas in Gunton & St Margarets , and the 20th 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 Simmetts Cottages (NR33 0PL) in the last 12 months was 265.7 per 1,000 residents and was 194.6% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -34.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 114.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Simmetts Cottages (NR33 0PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mill Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.