Total Crime Rate
16.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Burke Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Whitton , and the 46th 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 Burke Road (IP1 6NN) in the last 12 months was 16.1 per 1,000 residents and was 82.4% lower than the Whitton average (91.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Burke Road (IP1 6NN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Kingsley Close, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parnell Road (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ipswich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parnell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parnell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shirley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Burke Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burke Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parnell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Macaulay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parnell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingsley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parnell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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