Total Crime Rate

385.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 385.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 147.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 77.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.0 10/10
  • Public order 30.0 10/10
  • Other theft 22.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 22.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.0 7/10
  • Drugs 15.0 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 10.0 10/10
  • Other crime 7.5 8/10
  • Robbery 5.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.5 2/10
  • Burglary 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

High Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Alexandra , and the 12th highest crime rate of 432 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 High Street (IP1 3QJ) in the last 12 months was 385.0 per 1,000 residents and was 55.5% higher 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 59 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 350.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 77 (≈ 192.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 17.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (IP1 3QJ), the main crime hotspot is near Lloyds Avenue. Police recorded 211 crimes here, including 68 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/61)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Tower Ramparts Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Matthew'S Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Upper High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Crown Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tower Ramparts Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tower Ramparts Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tower Ramparts Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Neale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Navarre Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tower Ramparts Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cecil Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Curriers' Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Bedford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Matthew'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Providence Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Matthew'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Matthew'S Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Friars Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Lloyds Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lloyds Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Neale Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Queen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Queen Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Queen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Queen Street —
Sep 2025Public order Lloyds Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper High Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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