Total Crime Rate

156.7 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 156.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 80.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.7 7/10
  • Other theft 7.8 7/10
  • Other crime 5.2 7/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.6 1/10
  • Drugs 2.6 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
  • Public order 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Fircroft Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Whitton , and the 60th highest crime rate of 432 local areas in Ipswich .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Fircroft Road (IP1 6AG) in the last 12 months was 156.7 per 1,000 residents and was 84.8% higher than the Whitton average (84.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 3000.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 39.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 106.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fircroft Road (IP1 6AG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kingsley Close, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Elmcroft Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Fircroft Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingsley Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bunyan Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingsley Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Garrick Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Congreve Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingsley Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bunyan Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elmcroft Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Congreve Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Shirley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Congreve Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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