Total Crime Rate
33.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lister Road area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Whitehouse , and the 123rd lowest crime rate of 432 local areas in Ipswich .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lister Road (IP1 5EQ) in the last 12 months was 33.0 per 1,000 residents and was 62.9% lower than the Whitehouse average (88.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violence and sexual offences with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lister Road (IP1 5EQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chesterfield Drive, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Deben Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Whitehouse| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lister Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Deben Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Kelvin Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chelsea Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | St Raphael Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Mansfield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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