Total Crime Rate
19.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
0.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Valley Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in St Margaret's , and the 63rd lowest crime rate of 429 local areas in Ipswich .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Valley Road (IP1 4EE) in the last 12 months was 19.6 per 1,000 residents and was 56.8% lower than the St Margaret's average (45.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
In the area around Valley Road (IP1 4EE), 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.
View Crime In Ipswich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Pine View Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beaufort Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wellington Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaufort Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broom Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaufort Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westwood Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Blenheim Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Westwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaufort Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alpe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cumberland Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Road | Under investigation |
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