Crime Rates at Lowestoft Road, Carlton Colville, Lowestoft, NR33 8JB

Lowestoft Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 133 local areas in Carlton & Whitton , and the 143rd highest crime rate of 853 local areas in East Suffolk .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lowestoft Road (NR33 8JB) in the last 12 months was 95.1 per 1,000 residents and was 91.4% higher than the Carlton & Whitton average (49.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 36.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 34.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lowestoft Road (NR33 8JB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Buttermere Way, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Swift Close (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.