Total Crime Rate

402.3 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 402.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 178.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 74.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 51.7 10/10
  • Public order 34.5 10/10
  • Other theft 23.0 10/10
  • Drugs 17.2 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 11.5 9/10
  • Burglary 5.8 6/10
  • Robbery 5.8 7/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Fore Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Alexandra , and the 10th highest crime rate of 432 local areas in Ipswich .

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 Fore Street (IP4 1JZ) in the last 12 months was 402.3 per 1,000 residents and was 62.5% higher than the Alexandra average (247.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 218.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fore Street (IP4 1JZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Woodhouse Square, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Fore Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Common Quay
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodhouse Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fore Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Key Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Key Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Key Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Key Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodhouse Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodhouse Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodhouse Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Fore Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Woodhouse Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Woodhouse Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Woodhouse Square
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Helens Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coprolite Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waterworks Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shire Hall Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shire Hall Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fore Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wells Close
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fore Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rope Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shaftesbury Square
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bond Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fore Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Page Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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