Total Crime Rate

142.0 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 142.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.7 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 12.4 10/10
  • Other theft 6.2 6/10
  • Robbery 6.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Norwich Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Whitehouse , and the 72nd 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 Norwich Road (IP1 6JX) in the last 12 months was 142.0 per 1,000 residents and was 59.8% higher than the Whitehouse average (88.8 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 Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -8.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 86.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Norwich Road (IP1 6JX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Meredith Road, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shakespeare Road (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Norwich Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Meredith Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Meredith Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Malkin Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Limerick Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Meredith Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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