Total Crime Rate

238.5 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 238.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 86.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 29.8 10/10
  • Public order 27.1 10/10
  • Drugs 21.7 10/10
  • Other theft 21.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.0 7/10
  • Burglary 8.1 8/10
  • Other crime 8.1 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.4 7/10
  • Robbery 5.4 7/10
  • Theft from the person 5.4 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Tayfen Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 62 local areas in Abbeygate , and the 24th 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 Tayfen Road (IP33 1UE) in the last 12 months was 238.5 per 1,000 residents and was 10.7% higher 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 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 120.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -12.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 119.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

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

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Crime Over Time in Tayfen Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maltings Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St John'S Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Etna Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Harland Court Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Cannonfields Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cannon Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order 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 Lathbury Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Hops Court Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hops Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ipswich Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tayfen Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ipswich Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Old Stable Yard Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Station Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tayfen Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Garland Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tayfen Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tayfen Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ipswich Court Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Maltings Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Maltings Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tayfen Terrace Under investigation

Data Sources

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