Total Crime Rate

90.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

77.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 90.7 7/10
  • Violent crimes 77.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 70.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.2 4/10
  • Other crime 5.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.6 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
  • Public order 2.6 1/10
  • Robbery 2.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Burke Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Whitton , and the 151st highest crime rate of 429 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 Burke Road (IP1 6NR) in the last 12 months was 90.7 per 1,000 residents and was 1.1% lower than the Whitton average (91.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 77.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Burke Road (IP1 6NR), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Burke Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parnell Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Homer Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Limecroft Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Burke Close
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Burke Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Limecroft Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Limecroft Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Other crime Limecroft Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Homer Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Homer Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Carlyle Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Homer Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Homer Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parnell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parnell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parnell Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parnell Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Macaulay Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kingsley Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Shirley Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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