Crime Statistics for Broke Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk, 2024

Crime statistics for Broke Hall, Ipswich

There were a total of 153 street level crime incidents in Broke Hall in January 2024. 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 Broke Hall, 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 Crime69
Vehicle Crime18
Shoplifting12
Criminal Damage Arson11
Anti Social Behaviour11
Public Order10
Other Theft7
Other Crime4
Burglary4
Drugs2
Bicycle Theft2
Possession Of Weapons2
Robbery1
All Crime153

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

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

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Broke Hall

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Ipswich (1.96 miles)546
Stoke (1.86 miles)314
California (0.88 miles)226
Broke Hall153
Rushmere St Andrew (1.24 miles)128
Racecourse (0.88 miles)112
Greenwich (1.39 miles)94
Warren Heath (0.88 miles)71
Rushmere Street (1.96 miles)53
Kesgrave (1.75 miles)34

17.59%
of St John's (Ipswich) residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Broke Hall?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Ipswich218
Stoke132
California101
Broke Hall69
Rushmere St Andrew62
Racecourse57
Greenwich49
Rushmere Street29
Warren Heath27
Kesgrave15

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Broke Hall?

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 Broke Hall 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 Broke Hall compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Alexandra79
2Bridge77
3Holywells71
4Priory Heath67
5Gainsborough61
6Rushmere42
7Bixley42
8St John's37
9Orwell32
10Martlesham & Purdis Farm32
11Rushmere St Andrew3

Which road in Broke Hall has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Broke Hall with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Woodbridge Road.

Last updated: January 2024
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