Total Crime Rate

178.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

56.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 178.3 9/10
  • Shoplifting 62.0 8/10
  • Violent crimes 56.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.9 8/10
  • Other theft 25.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.1 7/10
  • Public order 10.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.8 6/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.6 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Fletcher Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Gainsborough , and the 54th highest crime rate of 429 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 178.3 per 1,000 residents and was 79.9% higher than the Gainsborough average (99.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 56.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 46.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 26.4% 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 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hogarth Road (14 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
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Raeburn Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Reynolds Avenue Further investigation is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Reynolds Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Romney Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Hogarth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Hayman Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Reynolds Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Romney Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Reynolds Avenue
Apr 2026Shoplifting Reynolds Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Raeburn Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Raeburn Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Raeburn Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Raeburn Road
Apr 2026Drugs Stubbs Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Stubbs Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Reynolds Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Romney Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Reynolds Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Rubens Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Reynolds Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hogarth Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Shannon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Reynolds Close

Data Sources

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