Total Crime Rate
147.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
77.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cemetery Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 25 local areas in St Margaret's , and the 69th highest crime rate of 429 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 Cemetery Road (IP4 2HR) in the last 12 months was 147.9 per 1,000 residents and was 225.8% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime 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 22 (≈ 77.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cemetery Road (IP4 2HR), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Vermont Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bransby Gardens | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmerston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lancaster Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meridian Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lacey Street | 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 | Finchley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Samuel Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Samuel Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tuddenham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tuddenham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blanche 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 | Vehicle crime | Vermont Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wells Close | 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 | Hayhill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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