Total Crime Rate

1408.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 1408.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 576.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 349.3 10/10
  • Public order 138.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 69.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 66.7 10/10
  • Other theft 53.3 10/10
  • Drugs 37.3 10/10
  • Burglary 24.0 10/10
  • Theft from the person 21.3 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 18.7 10/10
  • Other crime 16.0 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 13.3 10/10
  • Robbery 13.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.7 8/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Museum Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Alexandra , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 432 local areas in Ipswich .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Museum Street (IP1 1HT) in the last 12 months was 1408.0 per 1,000 residents and was 468.9% higher than the Alexandra average (247.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 216 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 4 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 28.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 193 (≈ 514.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Museum Street (IP1 1HT), the main crime hotspot is near Lloyds Avenue. Police recorded 211 crimes here, including 68 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Museum Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Providence Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Providence Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Gipping Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Gipping Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Gipping Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Friars Bridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Friars Bridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cutler Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cutler Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cecil Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cromwell Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lloyds Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Lloyds Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Lloyds Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Lloyds Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Bedford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crown Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Upper High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Friars Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Crown Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Curriers' Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Coytes Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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