Crime Rate in Whitehouse, ward

Whitehouse has the 8th highest crime rate of 16 wards in Ipswich district and the 2067th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 185th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Whitehouse in the last 12 months was 90.6 per 1,000 residents and was 8.5% lower than the Ipswich district average (98.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Whitehouse’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 347 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 4 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 402 (≈ 43.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Whitehouse ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 151 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Galway Avenue (38 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.