Total Crime Rate
30.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sandbank Road area has the 60th lowest crime rate of 132 local areas in Carlton & Whitton , and the 371st lowest crime rate of 850 local areas in East Suffolk .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sandbank Road (NR33 9EY) in the last 12 months was 30.3 per 1,000 residents and was 44.8% 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 15.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sandbank Road (NR33 9EY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Aldwyck Way, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Velda Close (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Catherine'S Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sandbank Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadwaters Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadwaters Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Velda Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Longbrook Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longbrook Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Longbrook Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aldwyck Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Aldwyck Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Aldwyck Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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