Total Crime Rate
132.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Wallace Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Whitehouse , and the 80th 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 Wallace Road (IP1 5DA) in the last 12 months was 132.7 per 1,000 residents and was 49.4% higher than the Whitehouse average (88.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 950.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 106.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 1100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wallace Road (IP1 5DA), the main crime hotspot is near B1067. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Whitehouse| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hammersmith Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shafto Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shafto Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shafto Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Brett Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B1067 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B1067 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | B1067 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waveney Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Quentin Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Quentin Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Waveney Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mumford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pitcairn Road | Under investigation |
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