Total Crime Rate
3.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cumberland Street area has the lowest crime rate of 67 local areas in Alexandra , and the 5th lowest crime rate of 429 local areas in Ipswich .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cumberland Street (IP1 3PA) in the last 12 months was 3.4 per 1,000 residents and was 98.6% lower than the Alexandra average (248.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Public order with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violent crimes ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -90.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cumberland Street (IP1 3PA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Beaufort Street, where police recorded 59 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Providence Lane (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ipswich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Granville Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bulwer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wilberforce Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dillwyn Street West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bulwer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bulwer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Redan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bulwer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bulwer Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bulwer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bulwer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Stevenson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaufort Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaufort Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaufort Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beaufort Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Rendlesham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Rendlesham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rendlesham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rendlesham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stopford Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stevenson Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Gaye Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ainslie Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Granville Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gymnasium Street | — |
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