Total Crime Rate

103.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 103.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.6 7/10
  • Other theft 23.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.9 8/10
  • Public order 11.9 8/10
  • Shoplifting 11.9 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Woodbridge Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in St John's , and the 126th highest crime rate of 432 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 Woodbridge Road (IP4 4EL) in the last 12 months was 103.9 per 1,000 residents and was 80.7% higher than the St John's average (57.5 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 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 53.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Woodbridge Road (IP4 4EL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Woodbridge Road, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Roundwood Road (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Woodbridge Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spring Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kirby Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spring Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roundwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Drift Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Drift Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Holland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Woodbridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Layard Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Layard Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Roundwood Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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