Total Crime Rate

478.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 478.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 291.5 10/10
  • Public order 50.9 10/10
  • Other theft 47.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.1 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 17.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.6 9/10
  • Other crime 6.8 8/10
  • Theft from the person 6.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.4 2/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lyndhurst Avenue area has the highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Bixley , and the 8th highest crime rate of 432 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 Lyndhurst Avenue (IP4 5RT) in the last 12 months was 478.0 per 1,000 residents and was 957.7% 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 86 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 103 (≈ 349.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lyndhurst Avenue (IP4 5RT), the main crime hotspot is near Hospital. Police recorded 125 crimes here, including 94 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lyndhurst Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heath Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Adelaide Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walker Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tasmania Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hospital Under investigation

Data Sources

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