Total Crime Rate
28.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Mitford Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 34 local areas in Kelsale & Yoxford , and the 347th lowest crime rate of 853 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 Mitford Road (IP17 1JA) in the last 12 months was 28.7 per 1,000 residents and was 26.7% lower than the Kelsale & Yoxford average (39.1 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 150.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 15.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 150.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
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