Total Crime Rate

112.9 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 112.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.9 6/10
  • Shoplifting 12.9 6/10
  • Other theft 9.7 8/10
  • Public order 9.7 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.5 5/10
  • Other crime 6.5 8/10
  • Robbery 6.5 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Pinecroft Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Castle Hill , and the 105th highest crime rate of 432 local areas in Ipswich .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Pinecroft Road (IP1 6BN) in the last 12 months was 112.9 per 1,000 residents and was 75.2% higher than the Castle Hill average (64.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 54.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Pinecroft Road (IP1 6BN), 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 Pinecroft Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Beechcroft Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingsley Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bunyan Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bunyan Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Garrick Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elmcroft Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingsley Close
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kingsley Close
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Preston Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Shirley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Beechcroft Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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