Total Crime Rate

110.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

63.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 110.2 8/10
  • Violent crimes 63.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.9 8/10
  • Other theft 13.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.9 6/10
  • Drugs 7.9 7/10
  • Public order 7.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.3 5/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.6 2/10
  • Robbery 2.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Maltings Way area has the 19th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Abbeygate , and the 79th highest crime rate of 590 local areas in West Suffolk .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Maltings Way (IP32 6EZ) in the last 12 months was 110.2 per 1,000 residents and was 41.9% lower than the Abbeygate average (189.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 63.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 79.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Maltings Way (IP32 6EZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tayfen Terrace (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Maltings Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (29/29)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Out Northgate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Out Northgate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Ipswich Court —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ipswich Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tayfen Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Station Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ipswich Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tayfen Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Tayfen Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Thingoe Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ipswich Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hops Court Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Maltings Way Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Maltings Way Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hops Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Thingoe Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Thingoe Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Tayfen Terrace Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hops Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Malthouse Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ipswich Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Harland Court —
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Data Sources

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