Total Crime Rate

98.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

65.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 98.4 8/10
  • Violent crimes 65.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.3 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 16.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Tovells Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in St John's , and the 136th highest crime rate of 429 local areas in Ipswich .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Tovells Road (IP4 4DY) in the last 12 months was 98.4 per 1,000 residents and was 63.3% higher than the St John's average (60.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 65.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 71.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tovells Road (IP4 4DY), the main crime hotspot is near Tokio Road. Police recorded 17 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Tovells Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oakstead Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cornwallis Terrace Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Oakstead Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Oakstead Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oakstead Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nelson Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Marlborough Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Burglary Allington Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gordon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Oakstead Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Oakstead Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Springland Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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