Total Crime Rate

46.4 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 46.4 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.0 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.1 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.1 5/10
  • Public order 7.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Dunlin Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Sprites , and the 164th lowest crime rate of 432 local areas in Ipswich .

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 Dunlin Road (IP2 9QE) in the last 12 months was 46.4 per 1,000 residents and was 42.2% lower than the Sprites average (80.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 32.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dunlin Road (IP2 9QE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Grebe Close, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Newnham Court (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dunlin Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitworth Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Burglary Grebe Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Redwing Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandpiper Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Tern Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middleton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Newnham Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Janebrook Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pintail Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pintail Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grebe Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grebe Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grebe Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sheldrake Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Edgeworth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sheldrake Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lakeside Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Edgeworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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