Total Crime Rate

128.0 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 128.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 79.6 9/10
  • Other crime 24.2 10/10
  • Public order 13.8 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Braziers Wood Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Gainsborough , and the 85th 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 Braziers Wood Road (IP3 0RZ) in the last 12 months was 128.0 per 1,000 residents and was 33.8% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 93.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Braziers Wood Road (IP3 0RZ), the main crime hotspot is near Brazier'S Wood Road. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Braziers Wood Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queensberry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Nightingale Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boyton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queensberry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Henry Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Henry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queensberry Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Nightingale Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maybury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Queensberry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Brazier'S Wood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brazier'S Wood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maybury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Brazier'S Wood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Windermere Close
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Windermere Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Boyton Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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