Total Crime Rate

45.1 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 45.1 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.8 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.3 6/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.8 3/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Ashdown Way area has the 6th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Bixley , and the 161st lowest crime rate of 432 local areas in Ipswich .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ashdown Way (IP3 8RG) in the last 12 months was 45.1 per 1,000 residents and was 0.2% lower than the Bixley average (45.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 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). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 22.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 62.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ashdown Way (IP3 8RG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gibson Close, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cobham Road (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ashdown Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Dorchester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A1189 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Gibson Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gibson Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cobham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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