Crime Rate in St Margaret's, ward

St Margaret's has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 16 wards in Ipswich district and the 2049th lowest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 295th lowest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Margaret's in the last 12 months was 43.4 per 1,000 residents and was 56.2% lower than the Ipswich district average (98.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Margaret's’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 175 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 200 (≈ 23.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Margaret's ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Bolton Lane. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.