Total Crime Rate

80.5 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 80.5 7/10
  • Shoplifting 33.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.7 3/10
  • Burglary 8.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.2 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.2 4/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Other theft 4.2 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.2 7/10
  • Public order 4.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Fitzgerald Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Blakenham , and the 38th highest crime rate of 313 local areas in Mid Suffolk .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Fitzgerald Road (IP8 4AA) in the last 12 months was 80.5 per 1,000 residents and was 91.2% higher than the Blakenham average (42.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 700.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 21.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fitzgerald Road (IP8 4AA), the main crime hotspot is near Fitzgerald Road. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Fitzgerald Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fitzgerald Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fitzgerald Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fitzgerald Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilfred Hurry Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gipping Way Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fitzgerald Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fitzgerald Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fitzgerald Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fitzgerald Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fitzgerald Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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