Total Crime Rate
207.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
53.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cauldwell Hall Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 29 local areas in St John's , and the 45th 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 Cauldwell Hall Road (IP4 4QB) in the last 12 months was 207.7 per 1,000 residents and was 244.9% 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 Shoplifting with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 483.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 53.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cauldwell Hall Road (IP4 4QB), 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Shoplifting | Woodbridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodbridge Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Mandy Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Other crime | Woodbridge Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Layard Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Layard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Layard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Oakstead Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gordon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakstead Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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