Total Crime Rate

383.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 383.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 94.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.2 9/10
  • Public order 50.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 31.5 10/10
  • Drugs 31.5 10/10
  • Other theft 31.5 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 25.2 10/10
  • Burglary 18.9 10/10
  • Other crime 12.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.3 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.3 8/10
  • Theft from the person 6.3 7/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Out Northgate area has the 4th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Abbeygate , and the 10th highest crime rate of 587 local areas in West Suffolk .

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 Out Northgate (IP33 1JQ) in the last 12 months was 383.7 per 1,000 residents and was 78.0% higher than the Abbeygate average (215.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -88.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 125.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Out Northgate (IP33 1JQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tayfen Terrace (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Out Northgate area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (28/28)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tayfen Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tayfen Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hops Court Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hops Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Etna Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tayfen Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tayfen Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tayfen Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Harland Court Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tayfen Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ipswich Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Station Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cannon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Maltings Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Maltings Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Ipswich Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maltings Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ipswich Court Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Cannonfields Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lathbury Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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