Crime Rate in Bridge, ward

Bridge has the 5th highest crime rate of 16 wards in Ipswich district and the 1945th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 167th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Bridge in the last 12 months was 95.4 per 1,000 residents and was 1.0% lower than the Ipswich district average (96.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Bridge’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 380 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 3 cases , down -57.1% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 193.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 449 (≈ 45.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Bridge ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 90 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Maidenhall Approach (24 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.