Total Crime Rate
122.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
30.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Earsham Street area has the highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Bungay & Wainford , and the 94th highest crime rate of 850 local areas in East Suffolk .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Earsham Street (NR35 1AF) in the last 12 months was 122.3 per 1,000 residents and was 175.8% higher than the Bungay & Wainford average (44.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 30.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Earsham Street (NR35 1AF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Marys Street, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cross Street (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Marys Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nethergate Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Marys Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Marys Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Marys Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nethergate Street | Under investigation |
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