Total Crime Rate

56.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 56.0 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.6 4/10
  • Public order 5.6 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.8 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
  • Robbery 2.8 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Ransome Crescent area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in Priory Heath , and the 194th lowest crime rate of 432 local areas in Ipswich .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ransome Crescent (IP3 9AS) in the last 12 months was 56.0 per 1,000 residents and was 35.3% lower than the Priory Heath average (86.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 44.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ransome Crescent (IP3 9AS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Recreation Way (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ransome Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Recreation Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drake Square North Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillside Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Recreation Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Gorse Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Recreation Way
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Collingwood Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Collingwood Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Pretyman Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shackleton Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Locarno Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shackleton Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Franklin Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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