Crime Rate in Priory Heath, ward

Priory Heath has the 6th highest crime rate of 16 wards in Ipswich district and the 1896th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 166th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Priory Heath in the last 12 months was 93.8 per 1,000 residents and was 5.2% lower than the Ipswich district average (98.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Priory Heath’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 310 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 4 cases , down -20.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 22.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 391 (≈ 40.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Priory Heath ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 150 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Nacton Road (21 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.