The government’s Indices of Deprivation 2025 rank every neighbourhood in England on recorded crime. 100% of Wickhambrook’s residents live in one of the lowest-crime 10%, and 0% in one of the highest-crime 20%. Neighbourhood ranks ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
1,000 residents · one year
For every 1,000 residents, about 8 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026
And about 2 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 2 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
violent and sexual offences, 12 months to August 2026
1
homes & vehicles
1
shoplifting & theft
12
of the three, per 1,000
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
Trend · monthly
5 violent and sexual offences in the last 12 months, against 5 the year before
Rolling twelve-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month).
Violent crime per 1,000 a year
WickhambrookUK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people
Homes & vehicles per 1,000 a year
WickhambrookUK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people
“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).
By type
What police recorded in the last 12 months
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.
Violence & sexual offences8.5
Public order1.7
Other theft1.7
Burglary1.7
Drugs1.7
Shoplifting0
Criminal damage & arson0
Vehicle crime0
Other crime0
Bicycle theft0
Possession of weapons0
Robbery0
Theft from the person0
Anti-social behaviour0
Violent (graded)Homes & vehicles (graded)Not gradedTypical town its size
Show as a table
Category
In the grade
Reports
Per 1,000
Typical
Violence & sexual offences
Violent
5
8.5
16.6
Public order
not graded
1
1.7
2.4
Other theft
not graded
1
1.7
2.5
Burglary
Home & vehicle
1
1.7
1.6
Drugs
not graded
1
1.7
0.6
Shoplifting
not graded
0
0
0
Criminal damage & arson
Home & vehicle
0
0
3.2
Vehicle crime
Home & vehicle
0
0
1.5
Other crime
not graded
0
0
1.1
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
Anti-social behaviour
not graded
0
0
5.3
“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.
Neighbours
Crime in the places around Wickhambrook
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
Cock and EndBarrowKedingtonClareGlemsfordKentfordHaverhillWickhambrook
Wickhambrook records less graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
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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.
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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 Wickhambrook sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
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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 Wickhambrook
Is Wickhambrook safe?
Police recorded 11.9 violent and sexual offences and 2.8 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Wickhambrook’s built-up area). 100% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England’s lowest-crime 10%.
Is crime going up in Wickhambrook?
Police recorded 5 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026, against 5 in the 12 months before. With numbers this small, a few crimes change the rate a lot.
What is the most common crime in Wickhambrook?
Violence & sexual offences: 5 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came public order (1) and other theft (1), with 0 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Wickhambrook 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 Wickhambrook’s 11.9 and 2.8, 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) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Photo: Keith Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0