Crime Rate in Gainsborough, ward

Gainsborough has the 4th highest crime rate of 16 wards in Ipswich district and the 1732nd highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 140th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Gainsborough in the last 12 months was 98.0 per 1,000 residents and was 1.0% lower than the Ipswich district average (98.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Gainsborough’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 378 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 450 (≈ 51.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Gainsborough ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Holbrook Road, with 47 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Brazier'S Wood Road (24 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.