Total Crime Rate

134.1 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 134.1 9/10
  • Shoplifting 50.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.6 7/10
  • Other theft 21.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.6 2/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Public order 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Lime Tree Place area has the 5th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Whitehouse , and the 78th 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 Lime Tree Place (IP1 5FA) in the last 12 months was 134.1 per 1,000 residents and was 50.9% higher than the Whitehouse average (88.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 36.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -52.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 174.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lime Tree Place (IP1 5FA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Boss Hall Road, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near B1067 (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lime Tree Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Sproughton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Boss Hall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B1067 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Sproughton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary B1067 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ganymede Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shafto Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shafto Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shafto Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B1067 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Boss Hall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Boss Hall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Boss Hall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waveney Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Quentin Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Quentin Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Boss Hall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waveney Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ganymede Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Sproughton Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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