Total Crime Rate
21.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
4.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cannon Fields area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in Eastgate , and the 146th lowest crime rate of 590 local areas in West Suffolk .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cannon Fields (IP33 1JX) in the last 12 months was 21.2 per 1,000 residents and was 69.2% lower than the Eastgate average (68.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violent crimes with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 4.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cannon Fields (IP33 1JX), the main crime hotspot is near Brentgovel Street. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Eastgate| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mark Jennings Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hops Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Tayfen Terrace | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ipswich Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Tayfen Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ipswich Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tayfen Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hops Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Andrew'S Street North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hops Court | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Andrew'S Street North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Andrew'S Street North | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brentgovel Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Baxter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Baxter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Out Northgate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lathbury Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | All Saints Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lathbury Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Etna Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ramplin Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Harland Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Out Northgate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lathbury Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brentgovel Street | — |
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