Crime Rate in Bridge, ward

Bridge has the 5th highest crime rate of 16 wards in Ipswich district and the 1744th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 142nd highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Bridge in the last 12 months was 97.7 per 1,000 residents and was 1.2% lower than the Ipswich district average (98.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Bridge’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 382 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 5 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -30.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 455 (≈ 46.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Bridge ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 137 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Maidenhall Approach (27 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.