Total Crime Rate
107.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
71.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Samuel Court area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 25 local areas in St Margaret's , and the 122nd highest crime rate of 429 local areas in Ipswich .
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 Samuel Court (IP4 2EN) in the last 12 months was 107.8 per 1,000 residents and was 137.5% higher than the St Margaret's average (45.4 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 Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 71.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 71.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Samuel Court (IP4 2EN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 111 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Hervey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bolton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cobden Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lacey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shaftesbury Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Finchley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Regent Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cemetery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cemetery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bolton Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bolton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bolton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bolton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wells Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wells Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wells Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bolton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bolton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blanche Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bolton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaftesbury Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bolton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodhouse Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Christchurch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cobbold Mews | Awaiting court outcome |
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