Total Crime Rate

286.3 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 286.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 99.2 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 34.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 26.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.9 8/10
  • Public order 22.9 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 15.3 10/10
  • Other theft 11.5 8/10
  • Robbery 7.6 8/10
  • Theft from the person 7.6 8/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Grimwade Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Alexandra , and the 26th 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 Grimwade Street (IP4 1LN) in the last 12 months was 286.3 per 1,000 residents and was 15.7% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 145.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grimwade Street (IP4 1LN), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 51 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Grimwade Street area

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

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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