Total Crime Rate
83.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Woodbridge Road East area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Bixley , and the 168th highest crime rate of 432 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 Woodbridge Road East (IP4 5PG) in the last 12 months was 83.1 per 1,000 residents and was 83.8% higher than the Bixley average (45.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -31.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 41.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodbridge Road East (IP4 5PG), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 116 crimes here, including 92 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bixley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lattice Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ladywood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lattice Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lattice Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lattice Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ladywood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lattice Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodbridge Road East | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodbridge Road East | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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