Total Crime Rate

86.5 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 86.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.6 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.1 4/10
  • Other crime 5.1 7/10
  • Other theft 2.5 1/10
  • Public order 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Chesapeake Road area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Gainsborough , and the 161st 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 Chesapeake Road (IP3 0JT) in the last 12 months was 86.5 per 1,000 residents and was 9.6% lower than the Gainsborough average (95.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 58.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chesapeake Road (IP3 0JT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Reynolds Close, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shannon Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Chesapeake Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Reynolds Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lely Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Raeburn Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Reynolds Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Reynolds Close
Sep 2025Other theft Reynolds Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Reynolds Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Reynolds Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Reynolds Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Reynolds Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Reynolds Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cotman Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gainsborough Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lely Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Raeburn Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Frampton Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leighton Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Leighton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leighton Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leighton Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Turner Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fletcher Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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