Total Crime Rate
158.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Leslie Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Priory Heath , and the 64th highest crime rate of 429 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 Leslie Road (IP3 9PL) in the last 12 months was 158.1 per 1,000 residents and was 67.6% higher than the Priory Heath average (94.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 43.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Leslie Road (IP3 9PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Witney Close, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Halton Crescent (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ipswich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Witney Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Leslie Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Drift | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Drift | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cody Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cody Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cody Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reid Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Garland Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Halton Crescent | — |
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