Total Crime Rate
87.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Felixstowe Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Priory Heath , and the 158th 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 Felixstowe Road (IP3 9DJ) in the last 12 months was 87.2 per 1,000 residents and was 0.7% higher than the Priory Heath average (86.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 43.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Felixstowe Road (IP3 9DJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Howe Avenue, where police recorded 15 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.
View Crime In Priory Heath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Recreation Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Franklin Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Recreation Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hillside Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Recreation Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bantoft Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shackleton Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Collingwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shackleton Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Collingwood Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cobham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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