Total Crime Rate
128.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Braziers 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.
View Crime In Gainsborough| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queensberry Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Nightingale Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Boyton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queensberry Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Henry Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Henry Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queensberry Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Nightingale Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maybury Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Queensberry Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Brazier'S Wood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brazier'S Wood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maybury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Brazier'S Wood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Windermere Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Windermere Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Boyton Road | Under investigation |
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