Total Crime Rate
173.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Beaconsfield Road area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Alexandra , and the 54th highest crime rate of 432 local areas in Ipswich .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Beaconsfield Road (IP1 4AD) in the last 12 months was 173.4 per 1,000 residents and was 29.9% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 106.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 32.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beaconsfield Road (IP1 4AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 63 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beaconsfield Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Alexandra| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Yeoman Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Sirdar Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Richmond Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Richmond Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Yeoman Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Yeoman Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Surbiton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Yeoman Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Waterloo Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Waterloo Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Farina Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Windsor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Farina Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sallows Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brooks Hall Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Surbiton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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