Cock and End has more crime per resident than 97% of UK towns
Violence & sexual offences: police recorded 105 in Cock and End in the 12 months to August 2026, 78 per 1,000 residents against 16.6 in a typical town its size. Recorded violence fell 10% in a year. Even so, its Safety Grade is D−, on crimes police recorded inside the town’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Per 1,000 residents a year, 80.8 violent and sexual offences and 3.5 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage were recorded.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Cock and End
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 10% less violent crime per resident in Cock and End than in the year before; across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
What’s behind Cock and End’s grade
A firm grade. Built on 340 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Cock and End against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Cock and End runs highest on other crime (40.9 per 1,000 against 1.1) and violence & sexual offences (78 per 1,000 against 16.6).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 105 | 78 | 16.6 |
| Other crime | not graded | 55 | 40.9 | 1.1 |
| Public order | not graded | 6 | 4.5 | 2.4 |
| Drugs | not graded | 6 | 4.5 | 0.6 |
| Other theft | not graded | 5 | 3.7 | 2.5 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 2 | 1.5 | 3.2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 2 | 1.5 | 5.3 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 0 | 0 | 1.6 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 0 | 0 | 1.5 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people.
Police in Cock and End identify a suspect more often than across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 13% of Cock and End’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 0% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (46% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 16% of violent and 0% of household crimes reached court.
The latest outcome police.uk shows for each crime recorded in the first of the three years (September 2023 to August 2024), so most cases have closed. 112 crimes.
How Cock and End compares with UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clipsham Rutland | 1,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 17 | Great Bricett Suffolk | 1,518 | 5.7 | 2 | 1.1 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 47 | Elmsett Suffolk | 1,001 | 7 | 3 | 0.3 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 50 | Sutton Common Suffolk | 1,262 | 9 | 1.3 | 2.4 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 85 | Laxfield Suffolk | 1,004 | 9.3 | 3 | 2 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 1191 | Croeserw West Glamorgan | 1,294 | 61.8 | 19.3 | 9.8 | D− |
| 1192 | Newburn Tyne and Wear | 1,475 | 52 | 29.9 | 11.7 | D− |
| 1193 | Trimdon Colliery County Durham | 1,788 | 49.8 | 34.1 | 5.4 | D− |
| 1194 | Cock and End Suffolk | 1,346 | 80.8 | 3.5 | 3.7 | D− |
| 1195 | Frizington Cumbria | 1,754 | 62.5 | 23 | 9.1 | D− |
| 1196 | Pontlottyn Gwent | 1,832 | 48.2 | 37.8 | 6 | D− |
| 1197 | Streethouse West Yorkshire | 1,691 | 67.3 | 19.3 | 7.9 | D− |
| … | ||||||
| 1214 | Ingoldmells Lincolnshire | 1,928 | 259 | 64.7 | 57.2 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Cock and End, and others in Suffolk.
Crime in Cock and End per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 1 burglary, vehicle crime or act of criminal damage, plus 4 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
How crime in Cock and End has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling twelve-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent -10% (towns its size +3%).
No one died in a collision on Cock and End’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 1 collision with injuries inside Cock and End in five years. 0 people were killed or seriously injured.
Most UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people (94%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Cock and End is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Cock and End’s size at the median for UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people would see about 1 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Cock and End had 0.
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside Cock and End’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Cock and End
Cock and End records more graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table. Kedington, 3.2 miles away, records 9.8 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Cock and End’s 80.8.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Cock and End sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Cock and End
Is Cock and End safe?
Police recorded 80.8 violent and sexual offences and 3.5 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Cock and End’s built-up area). That earns a D− for safety: less crime per resident than 3% of UK towns. Among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, Cock and End has less crime per resident than 2%.
Is crime going up in Cock and End?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 10%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 50%, shoplifting and theft held steady and anti-social behaviour rose 100%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Cock and End?
Violence & sexual offences: 105 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came other crime (55) and public order (6), with 2 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Cock and End compare with Bury St Edmunds?
Bury St Edmunds records 39.8 violent and sexual offences and 13.3 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Cock and End’s 80.8 and 3.5, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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