Total Crime Rate
11.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
8.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Woodbridge Road area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Bixley , and the 29th 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 Woodbridge Road (IP4 4NA) in the last 12 months was 11.6 per 1,000 residents and was 73.8% lower than the Bixley average (44.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 8.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodbridge Road (IP4 4NA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Woodbridge Road, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Roundwood Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ipswich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodbridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodbridge Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Schreiber Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Mandy Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Layard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Layard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Layard Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Woodbridge Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodbridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodbridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodbridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodbridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodbridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodbridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodbridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodbridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Roundwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Springland Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gordon Road | Under investigation |
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