Total Crime Rate
131.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Fletcher 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.
View Crime In Gainsborough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cotman Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hayman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Raeburn Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hayman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hayman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fletcher Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lely Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lely Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Broom Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Reynolds Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Morland Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gainsborough Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Raeburn Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Reynolds Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Stubbs Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Reynolds Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Reynolds Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Frampton Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Reynolds Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Reynolds Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Turner Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Reynolds Close | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Reynolds Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Reynolds Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Stubbs Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Stubbs Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stubbs Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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