Total Crime Rate
26.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ranelagh Road area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 79 local areas in Eastern Felixstowe , and the 330th lowest crime rate of 850 local areas in East Suffolk .
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 Ranelagh Road (IP11 7HU) in the last 12 months was 26.9 per 1,000 residents and was 47.5% lower than the Eastern Felixstowe average (51.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 66.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 16.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ranelagh Road (IP11 7HU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cobbold Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barton Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Andrew'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | York Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Victoria Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hamilton Road | Under investigation |
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