Total Crime Rate
122.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Anchor Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Holywells , and the 92nd highest crime rate of 432 local areas in Ipswich .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Anchor Street (IP3 0BY) in the last 12 months was 122.0 per 1,000 residents and was 73.6% higher than the Holywells average (70.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -69.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 36.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -45.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Anchor Street (IP3 0BY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hope Court, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Coprolite Street (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Holywells| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Anchor Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coprolite Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Page Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Patteson Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Isham Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pownall Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pownall Road | Under investigation |
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