Total Crime Rate

116.2 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 116.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 59.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.1 8/10
  • Other theft 7.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.0 6/10
  • Theft from the person 3.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Cemetery Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 26 local areas in St Margaret's , and the 101st 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 Cemetery Road (IP4 2HR) in the last 12 months was 116.2 per 1,000 residents and was 146.9% higher than the St Margaret's average (47.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 183.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 59.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 112.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cemetery Road (IP4 2HR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Samuel Court, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Finchley Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cemetery Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hervey Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bransby Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bank Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bank Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hervey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hayhill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hayhill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hayhill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hayhill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bransby Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lacey Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bransby Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bank Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Palmerston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Suffolk Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Suffolk Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Suffolk Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wells Close

Data Sources

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