Total Crime Rate

135.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 135.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.9 9/10
  • Other theft 25.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.9 4/10
  • Public order 14.3 8/10
  • Burglary 7.1 7/10
  • Drugs 7.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Platters Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Eastern Felixstowe , and the 64th highest crime rate of 853 local areas in East Suffolk .

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 Platters Road (IP11 2DL) in the last 12 months was 135.7 per 1,000 residents and was 150.7% higher than the Eastern Felixstowe average (54.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -61.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 32.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Platters Road (IP11 2DL), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 19 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Platters Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Beach Station Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Micklegate Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buregate Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Micklegate Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nacton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Edmund'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Eaton Gardens Under investigation

Data Sources

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