Crime runs at 4.6 per 1,000 residents a month — below the covered-area average of 9.7. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.
Crime rate
Monthly recorded crimes across the whole district
Per 1,000 / month4.6
Covered-area average9.7
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months
By category, 12 months from East Suffolk
Violence and sexual offences
6,069
Anti-social behaviour
1,500
Criminal damage and arson
1,477
Other theft
934
Shoplifting
924
Public order
726
Recorded crimes by category across the whole East Suffolk district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office
Where crime clusters
On or near
Crimes
Parking Area
306
Supermarket
263
Shopping Area
194
Sports/Recreation Area
133
Peel Yard
102
Busiest anonymised "on or near" markers over the last 6 months — click a row to centre the crime map there · retail-heavy spots naturally rank high (shoplifting concentrates where the shops are) · police.uk