Total Crime Rate

568.4 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 568.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 456.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.6 7/10
  • Public order 21.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.1 10/10
  • Burglary 14.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.5 5/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Robbery 3.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Brooks Hall Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Alexandra , and the 5th 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 Brooks Hall Road (IP1 4BY) in the last 12 months was 568.4 per 1,000 residents and was 129.7% higher than the Alexandra average (247.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 130 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 900.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 56.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brooks Hall Road (IP1 4BY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 156 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Prospect Road (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Brooks Hall Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaufort Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waterloo Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brooks Hall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sallows Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Sirdar Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Wellington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Prospect Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Waterloo Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaufort Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Broom Hill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaufort Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaufort Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Beaufort Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Beaufort Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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