Total Crime Rate
221.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
146.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Star Lane area has the 19th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Alexandra , and the 40th highest crime rate of 429 local areas in Ipswich .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Star Lane (IP4 1JF) in the last 12 months was 221.6 per 1,000 residents and was 10.7% lower than the Alexandra average (248.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 54 (≈ 145.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Star Lane (IP4 1JF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 125 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Woodhouse Square (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ipswich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blanche Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaftesbury Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pleasant Row | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blackfriars Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Blackfriars Court | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cobden Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Key Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Common Quay | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Common Quay | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Common Quay | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Common Quay | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Common Quay | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Key Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tacket Street | Under investigation |
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