Total Crime Rate

80.1 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

60.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 80.1 7/10
  • Violent crimes 60.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.6 7/10
  • Drugs 6.4 7/10
  • Other crime 3.2 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Willoughby Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Bridge , and the 168th highest crime rate of 429 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 80.1 per 1,000 residents and was 18.5% lower than the Bridge average (98.3 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 Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 60.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Willoughby Road (IP2 8AW), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 61 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Willoughby Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/35)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Commercial Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bridge Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Stoke Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stoke Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bridge Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Bridge Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bridge Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bridge Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Bridge Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Bell Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Belstead Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bradley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bradley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bradley Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Selwyn Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Martin Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Willoughby Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Willoughby Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Willoughby Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Willoughby Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Willoughby Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Willoughby Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Willoughby Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Willoughby Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grafton Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Willoughby Road Action to be taken by another organisation
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Data Sources

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