Bury St Edmunds Rural North vs Gainsborough and Holywells

Bury St Edmunds Rural North has a safety score of 11/100 (High Crime) and recorded 748 crimes in the last 12 months. Gainsborough and Holywells has a safety score of 6/100 (High Crime) with 1,434 crimes. Bury St Edmunds Rural North scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Bury St Edmunds Rural North shows a year-on-year crime trend of -10.4% — meaning total crimes fell compared to the same period the prior year. Gainsborough and Holywells shows +7.7% (rising). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Bury St Edmunds Rural North, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Violent Crime (350 incidents). In Gainsborough and Holywells, it is Violent Crime (539 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Bury St Edmunds Rural North recorded 70 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Gainsborough and Holywells recorded 109. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Bury St Edmunds Rural North totalled 350 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 539 in Gainsborough and Holywells. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Bury St Edmunds Rural North recorded 835 crimes (now 748, a change of -10.4%). Gainsborough and Holywells recorded 1,332 crimes previously (now 1,434, +7.7%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Bury St Edmunds Rural North has a resolution rate of 34.4% and Gainsborough and Holywells has 23.3%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Bury St Edmunds Rural North falls within the Suffolk Constabulary boundary. Gainsborough and Holywells is covered by Suffolk Constabulary. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Bury St Edmunds Rural North and Gainsborough and Holywells. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.