CB8 1

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West Suffolk

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West Suffolk Council · Labour / Independent / Green / Liberal Democrat coalition 37/64 seats · 58% · OCD 2026

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How safe is it? This postcode sector

We don’t hold a separate crime rate for CB8 1, so this is the wider West Suffolk district: 5.4 per 1,000 residents a month — below the covered-area average of 9.7. The trend and category mix here are CB8 1’s own.

Crime rate

Monthly recorded crimes across the whole district

District crime rate5.4 / 1,000 / mo

Covered-area average9.7

Per-1,000 rate is the wider West Suffolk district — we don’t hold a separate population-based rate for CB8 1 · police.uk / ONS

By category, 12 months from West Suffolk

Violence and sexual offences

4,649

Criminal damage and arson

1,013

Other theft

763

Public order

744

Anti-social behaviour

696

Shoplifting

684

Recorded crimes by category across the whole West Suffolk district, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

On or near	Crimes
Parking Area	242
Supermarket	108
Petrol Station	81
High Street	67
Shopping Area	58

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

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