Total Crime Rate
32.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
20.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cauldwell Hall Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 67 local areas in Alexandra , and the 122nd lowest crime rate of 429 local areas in Ipswich .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cauldwell Hall Road (IP4 5BN) in the last 12 months was 32.7 per 1,000 residents and was 86.8% lower than the Alexandra average (248.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 20.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cauldwell Hall Road (IP4 5BN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Woodbridge Road, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oakstead Close (11 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 | 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 | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Layard Close | 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 | Shoplifting | Woodbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Layard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Springland Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakstead Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Derby Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Marlborough Road | Local resolution |
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