Total Crime Rate
38.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
21.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Woodbridge Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 67 local areas in Alexandra , and the 134th lowest crime rate of 429 local areas in Ipswich .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Woodbridge Road (IP4 2PB) in the last 12 months was 38.5 per 1,000 residents and was 84.5% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 21.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodbridge Road (IP4 2PB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cemetery Road, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oxford Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ipswich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Grange Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tydeman Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bartholomew Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nottidge Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Russet Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Russet Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Russet Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Russet Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tydeman Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bartholomew Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tydeman Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Grange Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bartholomew Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bartholomew Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lacey Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lancaster Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmerston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bransby Gardens | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hayhill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kings Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Finchley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cemetery Road | Under investigation |
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