Total Crime Rate
222.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
144.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Neale Street area has the 18th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Alexandra , and the 39th 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 Neale Street (IP1 3JQ) in the last 12 months was 222.5 per 1,000 residents and was 10.3% 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 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 54 (≈ 144.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Neale Street (IP1 3JQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lloyds Avenue, where police recorded 181 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Northgate Street (82 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ipswich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northgate Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Brook Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Upper Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Upper Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bolton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bolton Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bolton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bolton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bolton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bolton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bolton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bolton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bolton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Upper Brook Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northgate Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | B1076 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B1076 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B1076 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B1076 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | B1076 | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B1076 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B1076 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Northgate Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northgate Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Northgate Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fonnereau Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fonnereau Road | — |
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