Total Crime Rate

131.8 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 131.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.4 6/10
  • Shoplifting 25.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.1 7/10
  • Public order 18.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.9 8/10
  • Other theft 12.9 9/10
  • Burglary 5.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.2 5/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Fletcher Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Gainsborough , and the 81st 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 Fletcher Road (IP3 0LF) in the last 12 months was 131.8 per 1,000 residents and was 37.7% higher 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -54.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 49.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 86.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fletcher Road (IP3 0LF), 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 Fletcher Road area

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

Data Sources

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