Total Crime Rate

111.1 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 111.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.9 7/10
  • Shoplifting 25.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.3 5/10
  • Public order 8.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.6 4/10
  • Drugs 5.6 6/10
  • Other crime 5.6 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Robbery 2.8 2/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Shackleton Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Priory Heath , and the 113th 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 Shackleton Road (IP3 9DU) in the last 12 months was 111.1 per 1,000 residents and was 28.3% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 800.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 50.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shackleton Road (IP3 9DU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Serpentine Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Shackleton Road area

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

Data Sources

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