Postcode · Bury St Edmunds
Crime in IP28 6FE
How much crime is recorded in IP28 6FE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Beck Row, Eriswell & Barton Mills
- Council
- West Suffolk
- Region
- East of England
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,599 (2024)
How safe is IP28 6FE
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 16.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the IP28 6FE area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
16.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
27
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
IP28 6FENational
Violence and sexual offences11.823.6
Burglary8.49.1
Criminal damage and arson2.94.7
Other theft2.24.5
Other crime2.01.5
Public order1.94.6
Vehicle crime1.53.5
Drugs1.22.4
Possession of weapons0.80.9
Anti-social behaviour0.310.7
Bicycle theft0.21.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 31% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
5
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20
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.