Crime Statistics for Old Felixstowe, Felixstowe, Suffolk, 2024

Crime statistics for Old Felixstowe, Felixstowe

There were a total of 61 street level crime incidents in Old Felixstowe in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Theft.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Old Felixstowe, 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 Crime25
Other Theft10
Shoplifting10
Criminal Damage Arson5
Public Order4
Drugs3
Burglary2
Other Crime1
Theft From The Person1
All Crime61

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 Old Felixstowe. 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 Old Felixstowe

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Walton (1.24 miles)116
Felixstowe (0.93 miles)114
Bath Side (3.64 miles)70
Tower Hill (3.61 miles)70
Old Felixstowe61
Lower Falkenham (2.24 miles)6
Felixstowe Ferry (1.39 miles)3
Bawdsey (3.62 miles)0
Falkenham (2.78 miles)0
Falkenham Sink (2.78 miles)0

9.4%
of Eastern Felixstowe residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Old Felixstowe?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Walton57
Felixstowe52
Bath Side38
Tower Hill38
Old Felixstowe25
Lower Falkenham6
Felixstowe Ferry0
Bawdsey0
Falkenham0
Falkenham Sink0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Old Felixstowe?

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 Old Felixstowe 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 Old Felixstowe compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Harwich & Kingsway91
2Dovercourt Bay73
3Priory Heath67
4Dovercourt All Saints63
5Dovercourt Vines & Parkeston60
6Western Felixstowe51
7Dovercourt Tollgate49
8Eastern Felixstowe34
9Martlesham & Purdis Farm32
10Orwell & Villages27
11Ganges14

Which road in Old Felixstowe has the highest level of crime?

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

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