Total Crime Rate
123.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
88.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bramford Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Whitehouse , and the 94th highest crime rate of 429 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 Bramford Road (IP1 5AZ) in the last 12 months was 123.9 per 1,000 residents and was 37.3% higher than the Whitehouse average (90.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 88.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bramford Road (IP1 5AZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Boss Hall Road, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near B1067 (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ipswich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vincent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bennett Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bennett Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B1067 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shafto Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wallace Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Vincent Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Boss Hall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Boss Hall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bennett Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bennett Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bennett Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dandalan Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Tree Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bennett Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hammersmith Way | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hammersmith Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bennett Road | Under investigation |
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