Total Crime Rate

440.7 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 440.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 355.6 10/10
  • Other theft 29.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.5 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.8 7/10
  • Public order 11.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.4 6/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Mellis Court area has the highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Eastern Felixstowe , and the 7th highest crime rate of 853 local areas in East Suffolk .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Mellis Court (IP11 2YQ) in the last 12 months was 440.7 per 1,000 residents and was 714.2% higher than the Eastern Felixstowe average (54.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 96 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs 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 Other theft ( -55.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 29.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Mellis Court (IP11 2YQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 107 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cricket Hill Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Mellis Court area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Grange Farm Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Reedland Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cricket Hill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Parkeston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Aldringham Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grange Farm Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cricket Hill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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