Total Crime Rate

122.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 122.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.4 8/10
  • Other theft 24.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.4 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.2 8/10
  • Public order 12.2 8/10
  • Burglary 6.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
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

Anchor 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.

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Crime Over Time in Anchor Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Anchor Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coprolite Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Page Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Patteson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Isham Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pownall Road
Sep 2025Other theft Pownall Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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