Total Crime Rate
365.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
162.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Crown Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Alexandra , and the 16th highest crime rate of 429 local areas in Ipswich .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Crown Street (IP1 3LG) in the last 12 months was 365.0 per 1,000 residents and was 47.1% higher 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 51 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -27.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 65 (≈ 162.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Crown Street (IP1 3LG), 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.
View Crime In Ipswich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bedford Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyds Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lloyds Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lloyds Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lloyds Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyds Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyds Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyds Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyds Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyds Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyds Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyds Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyds Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lloyds Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyds Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyds Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyds Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyds Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyds Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lloyds Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lloyds Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lloyds Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Friars Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lloyds Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lloyds Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Black Horse Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lloyds Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | William Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fonnereau Road | — |
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