Total Crime Rate

125.0 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 125.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 50.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.3 10/10
  • Public order 15.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.8 4/10
  • Other theft 7.8 7/10
  • Burglary 3.9 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.9 6/10
  • Shoplifting 3.9 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • 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

St Johns Street area has the 19th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Abbeygate , and the 67th highest crime rate of 587 local areas in West Suffolk .

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 St Johns Street (IP33 1SN) in the last 12 months was 125.0 per 1,000 residents and was 42.0% lower than the Abbeygate average (215.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 70.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -51.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Johns Street (IP33 1SN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 97 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Merchants Place (52 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in St Johns Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osier Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brentgovel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woolhall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Woolhall Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Merchants Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Nightclub Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tayfen Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tayfen Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tayfen Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tayfen Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tayfen Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brentgovel Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Gosnold Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Station Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hops Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hops Court Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ipswich Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Harland Court Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pump Lane Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Pump Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Garland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lawsons Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St John'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Gosnold Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Gosnold Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Bus/Coach Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Awaiting court outcome

Data Sources

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