Total Crime Rate

116.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

55.4 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 116.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 55.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.7 8/10
  • Public order 8.8 7/10
  • Drugs 5.8 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.8 5/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Other crime 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Wherstead Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Bridge , and the 108th 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 Wherstead Road (IP2 8JL) in the last 12 months was 116.6 per 1,000 residents and was 18.6% higher 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -12.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 55.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wherstead Road (IP2 8JL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 144 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Barnard Square (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wherstead Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/44)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Stoke Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Harland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime A137 Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Jamestown Boulevard Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Hawes Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Bromley Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Purplett Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Virginia Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Station Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Station Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Virginia Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Virginia Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Virginia Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Virginia Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kenyon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Webb Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Vaughan Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Tyler Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Jamestown Boulevard Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pauline Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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