Total Crime Rate

59.1 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

23.1 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

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 59.1 6/10
  • Violent crimes 23.1 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.6 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.7 7/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Other crime 5.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Public order 2.6 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
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

Reynolds Avenue area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Gainsborough , and the 212th lowest crime rate of 429 local areas in Ipswich .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Reynolds Avenue (IP3 0JP) in the last 12 months was 59.1 per 1,000 residents and was 40.3% lower than the Gainsborough average (99.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 23.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Reynolds Avenue (IP3 0JP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Reynolds Close, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Leighton Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Reynolds Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Leighton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Raeburn Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Stubbs Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Rubens Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Reynolds Close
Apr 2026Shoplifting Reynolds Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Reynolds Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Raeburn Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Romney Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Romney Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Romney Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Reynolds Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Reynolds Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Reynolds Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Shannon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Raeburn Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Raeburn Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Reynolds Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightingale Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hossack Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Leighton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightingale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Leighton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Raeburn Road

Data Sources

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