Total Crime Rate

105.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

40.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 105.3 8/10
  • Violent crimes 40.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 17.5 10/10
  • Drugs 11.7 9/10
  • Other theft 11.7 8/10
  • Public order 11.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.9 3/10
  • Burglary 5.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.9 5/10
  • Shoplifting 5.9 4/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Franciscan Way area has the 33rd lowest crime rate of 67 local areas in Alexandra , and the 128th highest crime rate of 429 local areas in Ipswich .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Franciscan Way (IP1 1NB) in the last 12 months was 105.3 per 1,000 residents and was 57.6% lower than the Alexandra average (248.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 40.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Franciscan Way (IP1 1NB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lloyds Avenue, where police recorded 181 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (68 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Franciscan Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/83)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Commercial Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Lloyds Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Providence Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Providence Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Providence Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Providence Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Providence Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Westgate Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Westgate Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Westgate Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Westgate Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Westgate Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Westgate Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Coytes Gardens Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Nightclub Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Elm Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Black Horse Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Black Horse Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Black Horse Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Black Horse Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Black Horse Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Curriers' Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Curriers' Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Curriers' Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Providence Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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