Total Crime Rate
100.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dumbarton Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Rushmere , and the 134th 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 Dumbarton Road (IP4 3JP) in the last 12 months was 100.0 per 1,000 residents and was 109.9% higher than the Rushmere average (47.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 52.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -88.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dumbarton Road (IP4 3JP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dumfries Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ipswich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dumbarton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Renfrew Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caithness Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Selkirk Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cromarty Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cromarty Road | Under investigation |
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