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CB8 8

7,910 people · median £300,000 · West Suffolk

Cleaner air than most
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

Crime runs at 6.1 per 1,000 residents a month — below the 9.9 average across districts Acreright covers. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.

Crime rate

25395468Aug 2025Jul 202648
Monthly recorded crimes within this postcode sector
Per 1,000 / month6.1
Average across Acreright-covered districts9.9
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months this postcode sector

Violence and sexual offences
227
Criminal damage and arson
51
Shoplifting
46
Other theft
45
Public order
35
Burglary
34
Recorded crimes by category within this postcode sector, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office

Where crime clusters

On or nearCrimes
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), and some forces log crimes at their police station, so a station can rank high without the crime happening there · police.uk
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