Total Crime Rate

98.6 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 98.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.3 8/10
  • Other crime 10.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.0 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.0 5/10
  • Other theft 7.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.5 5/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Drugs 3.5 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Robbery 3.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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 4th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Rushmere , and the 136th 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 4ER) in the last 12 months was 98.6 per 1,000 residents and was 103.3% higher than the Rushmere average (48.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -88.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 52.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 31.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Woodbridge Road (IP4 4ER), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Woodbridge Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Drift Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spring Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spring Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Khartoum Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Drift Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Holland Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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