Total Crime Rate

3.4 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

3.4 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 3.4 1/10
  • Violent crimes 3.4 1/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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
  • Violence and sexual offences 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

Cumberland 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.

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Crime Over Time in Cumberland Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other crime Granville Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bulwer Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Wilberforce Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Dillwyn Street West Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bulwer Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bulwer Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Redan Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bulwer Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bulwer Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bulwer Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Bulwer Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Stevenson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beaufort Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beaufort Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beaufort Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Beaufort Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Rendlesham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Rendlesham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rendlesham Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rendlesham Road
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Stopford Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Stevenson Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Gaye Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ainslie Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Granville Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Gymnasium Street

Data Sources

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