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

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Rushmere St Andrew in September 2024. There were a total of 152 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	74
Vehicle Crime	13
Anti Social Behaviour	12
Public Order	11
Shoplifting	9
Other Theft	9
Criminal Damage Arson	8
Burglary	5
Possession Of Weapons	3
Other Crime	3
Bicycle Theft	2
Theft From The Person	1
Drugs	1
Robbery	1
All Crime	152

Map of street level crime incidents in September 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.

Location	Crime Incidents
Ipswich (1.96 miles)	524
California (0.88 miles)	266
Broke Hall (1.24 miles)	259
Racecourse (1.96 miles)	146
Rushmere St Andrew	142
Warren Heath (1.96 miles)	89
Rushmere Street (0.88 miles)	72
Kesgrave (1.24 miles)	28
Playford (1.75 miles)	12
Tuddenham St Martin (1.86 miles)	1

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.

Location	Violent Incidents
Ipswich	222
California	107
Broke Hall	103
Rushmere St Andrew	74
Racecourse	68
Rushmere Street	44
Warren Heath	27
Kesgrave	16
Playford	7
Tuddenham St Martin	1

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.

#	Ward	Score
1	Westgate	86
2	Alexandra	79
3	Bridge	77
4	Gipping	74
5	Holywells	71
6	Gainsborough	61
7	St Margaret's	60
8	Rushmere	42
9	Bixley	42
10	St John's	37
11	Rushmere St Andrew	3

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.