Crime Statistics for Rushmere St Andrew, Ipswich, Suffolk, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Rushmere St Andrew in August 2024. There were a total of 156 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Rushmere St Andrew, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime83
Public Order11
Shoplifting10
Other Crime9
Other Theft9
Vehicle Crime8
Criminal Damage Arson8
Anti Social Behaviour6
Burglary4
Drugs3
Possession Of Weapons3
Bicycle Theft2
All Crime156

Map of street level crime incidents in August 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Rushmere St Andrew. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Rushmere St Andrew

We've taken the ten nearest places to Rushmere St Andrew and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Rushmere St Andrew has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Ipswich (1.96 miles)591
California (0.88 miles)571
Broke Hall (1.24 miles)198
Rushmere St Andrew156
Racecourse (1.96 miles)144
Warren Heath (1.96 miles)72
Rushmere Street (0.88 miles)66
Kesgrave (1.24 miles)41
Playford (1.75 miles)5
Tuddenham St Martin (1.86 miles)2

11.46%
of Rushmere residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Rushmere St Andrew?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Rushmere St Andrew and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
California544
Ipswich241
Broke Hall95
Rushmere St Andrew83
Racecourse73
Warren Heath66
Rushmere Street39
Kesgrave19
Playford4
Tuddenham St Martin1

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Rushmere St Andrew?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Rushmere St Andrew to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Rushmere St Andrew compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Rushmere St Andrew and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Rushmere St Andrew is ranked #8.

#WardScore
1Westgate86
2Alexandra79
3Bridge77
4Gipping74
5Holywells71
6Gainsborough61
7St Margaret's60
8Rushmere42
9Bixley42
10St John's37
11Rushmere St Andrew3

Which road in Rushmere St Andrew has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Rushmere St Andrew with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.

Last updated: August 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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