Crime Rate in Castle Hill, ward

Castle Hill has the 6th lowest crime rate of 16 wards in Ipswich district and the 3064th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 307th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Castle Hill in the last 12 months was 72.7 per 1,000 residents and was 27.6% lower than the Ipswich district average (100.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Castle Hill’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 228 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 85.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 153 (≈ 20.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Castle Hill ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 222 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.