Total Crime Rate
119.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
67.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Risbygate Street area has the 17th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Abbeygate , and the 71st 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 Risbygate Street (IP33 3AQ) in the last 12 months was 119.2 per 1,000 residents and was 37.2% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 67.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Risbygate Street (IP33 3AQ), the main crime hotspot is near Merchants Place. Police recorded 93 crimes here, including 60 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Abbeygate| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | King'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchants Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elseys Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elseys Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Merchants Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Merchants Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Merchants Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchants Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchants Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchants Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchants Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Andrew'S Street North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Andrew'S Street North | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Andrew'S Street North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Spring Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Spring Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Spring Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Camberley Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Springfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elseys Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Willow Way | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chalk Road (South) | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | A1302 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A1302 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Gosnold Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A1302 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A1302 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | A1302 | Under investigation |
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