Total Crime Rate

122.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 122.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.0 9/10
  • Drugs 13.6 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 13.6 10/10
  • Public order 10.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
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

Norwich Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Alexandra , and the 90th highest crime rate of 432 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 Norwich Road (IP1 2EP) in the last 12 months was 122.5 per 1,000 residents and was 50.5% lower than the Alexandra average (247.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 61.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Norwich Road (IP1 2EP), the main crime hotspot is near Beaufort Street. Police recorded 51 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Norwich Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Handford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaufort Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaufort Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaufort Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaufort Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cumberland Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Wilberforce Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ainslie Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gaye Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gaye Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarkson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gaye Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Beaufort Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Wellington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Beaufort Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beaufort Street
Sep 2025Burglary Beaufort Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beaufort Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bulwer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bulwer Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bulwer Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bulwer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Dillwyn Street West Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beaufort Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Beaufort Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Beaufort Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Crescent Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Benezet Street Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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