Total Crime Rate

88.9 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 88.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.5 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.1 8/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Other theft 3.7 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.7 6/10
  • Public order 3.7 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Cardigan Street area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 67 local areas in Alexandra , and the 155th 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 Cardigan Street (IP1 3PF) in the last 12 months was 88.9 per 1,000 residents and was 64.1% 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 Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 48.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cardigan Street (IP1 3PF), 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 Cardigan Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Crescent Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences 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 2025Violence and sexual offences Bulwer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Wilberforce Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Newson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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 Clarkson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Beaufort Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Beaufort Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Beaufort Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Beaufort Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beaufort Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beaufort Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Beaufort Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beaufort Street
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Benezet Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Benezet Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Benezet Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cecil Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gymnasium Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stevenson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stevenson Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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