West Suffolk

179,948 people · median £283,750

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

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How safe is it? This district

Crime runs at 5.8 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

Monthly recorded crimes across the whole district

Per 1,000 / month5.8

Average across Acreright-covered districts9.9

Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months

By category, 12 months district

Violence and sexual offences

4,584

Criminal damage and arson

952

Other theft

766

Shoplifting

713

Public order

673

Anti-social behaviour

646

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

Where crime clusters

On or near	Crimes
Parking Area	250
Supermarket	113
Petrol Station	86
High Street	65
Shopping Area	61

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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