Total Crime Rate
17.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Tuddenham Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in St Margaret's , and the 53rd 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 Tuddenham Road (IP4 2SP) in the last 12 months was 17.4 per 1,000 residents and was 61.8% 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 Vehicle crime with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 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 1 (≈ 3.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tuddenham Road (IP4 2SP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cemetery Road, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Norfolk Road (12 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 | Gainsborough Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | George Frost Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gainsborough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vermont Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parkside Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parkside Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tuddenham Avenue | 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 | Parkside Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | George Frost Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tuddenham Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bransby Gardens | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cemetery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Christchurch Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gainsborough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Vermont Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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