Crime Rate in Whitehouse, ward

Whitehouse has the 6th highest crime rate of 16 wards in Ipswich district and the 2258th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 192nd highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Whitehouse in the last 12 months was 88.8 per 1,000 residents and was 7.8% lower than the Ipswich district average (96.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Whitehouse’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 342 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 15.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 405 (≈ 44.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Whitehouse ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 110 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Galway Avenue (32 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.