Total Crime Rate
815.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
362.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Station Road West area has the highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Chilton , and the highest crime rate of 309 local areas in Mid 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 Station Road West (IP14 1ES) in the last 12 months was 815.2 per 1,000 residents and was 1414.2% higher than the Chilton average (53.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 70 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 100 (≈ 362.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Station Road West (IP14 1ES), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Crowe Street, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ipswich Street (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stricklands Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stricklands Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marriott'S Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marriott'S Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marriott'S Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Marriott'S Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crowe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Crowe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Crowe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Crowe Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gipping Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Ipswich Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ipswich Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ipswich Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ipswich Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gipping Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A1308 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | A1308 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thurlow Court | Under investigation |
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