Total Crime Rate
6.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Severn Road area has the lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Holywells , and the 9th lowest crime rate of 429 local areas in Ipswich .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Severn Road (IP3 0PU) in the last 12 months was 6.8 per 1,000 residents and was 92.1% lower than the Holywells average (85.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Severn Road (IP3 0PU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Salisbury Road, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Levington Road (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ipswich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trent Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wye Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Medway Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trent Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trent Road | Awaiting court outcome |
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