Total Crime Rate
39.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bramford Lane area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Whitehouse , and the 143rd lowest crime rate of 429 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 Bramford Lane (IP1 5JU) in the last 12 months was 39.9 per 1,000 residents and was 55.8% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -30.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 25.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 39.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bramford Lane (IP1 5JU), the main crime hotspot is near Galway Avenue. Police recorded 48 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Ipswich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Galway Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Galway Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mcclure Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bennett Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Galway Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kildare Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Adair Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Galway Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wexford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wexford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Wexford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bennett Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bennett Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bennett Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bennett Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bennett Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Adair Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Galway Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Adair Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B1067 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Morgan Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eldred Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Galway Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Galway Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Antrim Road | Under investigation |
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