Total Crime Rate
27.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Tuddenham Avenue area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in St Margaret's , and the 102nd lowest crime rate of 429 local areas in Ipswich .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Tuddenham Avenue (IP4 2HF) in the last 12 months was 27.2 per 1,000 residents and was 40.1% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 15.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tuddenham Avenue (IP4 2HF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cemetery Road, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near North Hill Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ipswich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cemetery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hayhill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Vermont Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cemetery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tuddenham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tuddenham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vermont Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Finchley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lacey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bransby Gardens | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Samuel Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hervey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hervey Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meridian Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Samuel Court | Under investigation |
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