Total Crime Rate

272.5 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 272.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 174.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.2 7/10
  • Other theft 13.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.2 6/10
  • Public order 8.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.5 3/10
  • Robbery 5.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Burglary 2.7 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Murray Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Priory Heath , and the 30th 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 Murray Road (IP3 9AQ) in the last 12 months was 272.5 per 1,000 residents and was 214.7% higher than the Priory Heath average (86.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 64 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 255.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -77.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 51.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -32.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Murray Road (IP3 9AQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 69 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hatfield Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Murray Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beatrice Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hatfield Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hines Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Hines Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Laud Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Laud Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Murray Road —
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Data Sources

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