Total Crime Rate

112.9 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 112.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 47.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.5 6/10
  • Public order 12.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.4 7/10
  • Other theft 6.3 6/10
  • Robbery 6.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.3 6/10
  • Burglary 3.1 3/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Clapgate Lane area has the 9th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Gainsborough , and the 106th highest crime rate of 432 local areas in Ipswich .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Clapgate Lane (IP3 0RL) in the last 12 months was 112.9 per 1,000 residents and was 17.9% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 69.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Clapgate Lane (IP3 0RL), the main crime hotspot is near Queensberry Road. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Clapgate Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (26/26)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stubbs Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boyton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queensberry Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mildmay Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queensberry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Queensberry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Reynolds Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stubbs Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Stubbs Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Stubbs Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stubbs Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cotman Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Nightingale Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Nightingale Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Frampton Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Turner Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Henry Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Henry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mildmay Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boyton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queensberry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wynterton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wynterton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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