Crime Statistics for Racecourse, Ipswich, Suffolk, 2024

Crime statistics for Racecourse, Ipswich

There were a total of 112 street level crime incidents in Racecourse 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 Racecourse, 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 Crime57
Vehicle Crime15
Anti Social Behaviour8
Public Order8
Criminal Damage Arson7
Other Theft5
Drugs4
Burglary4
Other Crime2
Shoplifting1
Robbery1
All Crime112

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 Racecourse. 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 Racecourse

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Ipswich (1.75 miles)546
Stoke (1.39 miles)314
California (1.24 miles)226
Broke Hall (0.88 miles)153
Rushmere St Andrew (1.96 miles)128
Maidenhall (1.86 miles)113
Stoke Park (1.86 miles)113
Racecourse112
Greenwich (0.62 miles)94
Warren Heath (1.24 miles)71

12.55%
of Gainsborough residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Racecourse?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Racecourse 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
Maidenhall60
Stoke Park60
Racecourse57
Greenwich49
Warren Heath27

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

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 Racecourse 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 Racecourse compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Racecourse and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Racecourse is ranked #7.

#WardScore
1Alexandra79
2Bridge77
3Gipping74
4Stoke Park72
5Holywells71
6Priory Heath67
7Gainsborough61
8Bixley42
9St John's37
10Orwell32
11Rushmere St Andrew3

Which road in Racecourse has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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