Crime in IP31 3RQ
How much crime is recorded in IP31 3RQ, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Thurston, Badwell Ash & Elmswell North
- Council
- Mid Suffolk
- Region
- East of England
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,618 (2024)
IP31 3RQBury St Edmunds
How safe is IP31 3RQ
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 34.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the IP31 3RQ area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
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).
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 107% since 2022.
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.