Crime Rates at Willoughby Road, Ipswich, IP2 8AW

Willoughby Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Bridge , and the 135th highest crime rate of 432 local areas in Ipswich .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Willoughby Road (IP2 8AW) in the last 12 months was 99.4 per 1,000 residents and was 4.2% higher than the Bridge average (95.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 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 ( 28.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 64.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 26.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Willoughby Road (IP2 8AW), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 64 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.