Total Crime Rate
25.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026North Lawn area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Bixley , and the 91st 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 North Lawn (IP4 3LL) in the last 12 months was 25.6 per 1,000 residents and was 42.2% lower than the Bixley average (44.4 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 theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 25.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 16.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around North Lawn (IP4 3LL), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Cromarty Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Caithness Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dumbarton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cromarty Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Renfrew Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Selkirk Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
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