Total Crime Rate
72.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
49.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oxford Road area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 67 local areas in Alexandra , and the 182nd highest crime rate of 429 local areas in Ipswich .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Oxford Road (IP4 1NL) in the last 12 months was 72.0 per 1,000 residents and was 71.0% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 49.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oxford Road (IP4 1NL), the main crime hotspot is near Further/Higher Educational Building. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Ipswich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bartholomew Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wells Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kings Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lancaster Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmerston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lacey Street | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill House Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Regent Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grange Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grange Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Grange Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wells Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wells Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bartholomew Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bartholomew Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nottidge Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bartholomew Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Grange Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grange Road | Under investigation |
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