Total Crime Rate

286.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 286.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 99.2 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 34.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 26.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.9 8/10
  • Public order 22.9 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 15.3 10/10
  • Other theft 11.5 8/10
  • Robbery 7.6 8/10
  • Theft from the person 7.6 8/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Hill House Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Alexandra , and the 26th 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 Hill House Road (IP3 8AP) in the last 12 months was 286.3 per 1,000 residents and was 15.7% higher than the Alexandra average (247.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 145.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hill House Road (IP3 8AP), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 69 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hill House Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Rosebery Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Gladstone Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Oxford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Back Hamlet Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grove Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour A1156
Sep 2025Drugs A1156 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A1156 Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Alexandra Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Alexandra Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Cavendish Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Melville Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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