Crime Rate in Holywells, ward

Holywells has the 8th lowest crime rate of 16 wards in Ipswich district and the 2433rd highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 227th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Holywells in the last 12 months was 83.2 per 1,000 residents and was 15.9% lower than the Ipswich district average (98.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Holywells’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 179 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 5 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 68.9% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -15.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 223 (≈ 27.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Holywells ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 186 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Alston Road (14 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.