Total Crime Rate
272.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Felixstowe 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 Felixstowe Road (IP3 9BN) 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 Felixstowe Road (IP3 9BN), 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.
View Crime In Priory Heath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Stanley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hatfield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hines Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hines Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pearce Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Camwood Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pearce Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Pretyman Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Murray Road | — |
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