Total Crime Rate
43.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Eden Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in St John's , and the 160th lowest crime rate of 429 local areas in Ipswich .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Eden Road (IP4 5EH) in the last 12 months was 43.6 per 1,000 residents and was 27.6% lower than the St John's average (60.2 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 37.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 62.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Eden Road (IP4 5EH), the main crime hotspot is near Celestion Drive. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Ipswich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Celestion Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Celestion Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Coronation Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bull Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Celestion Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ditton Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Celestion Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Celestion Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clementine Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Celestion Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kemball Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pearce Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pearce Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Camden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Derby Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pearce Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Derby Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pearce Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pearce Road | Under investigation |
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