Total Crime Rate
227.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
168.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ataka Road area has the highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Eastern Felixstowe , and the 25th highest crime rate of 850 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 Ataka Road (IP11 9DH) in the last 12 months was 227.5 per 1,000 residents and was 343.3% higher 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 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 168.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 19.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ataka Road (IP11 9DH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Candlet Road (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Exmoor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Alexandra Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Candlet Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Candlet Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rogers Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alexandra Road | — |
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