Felixstowe is among the top 5 safest small towns in Suffolk.
The overall crime rate in Felixstowe in 2021 was 61 crimes per 1,000 people. This compares favourably to Suffolk’s overall crime rate, coming in 4.3% lower than the Suffolk rate of 63 per 1,000 residents.
However In November 2021, Felixstowe was the worst Small Town in Suffolk for bicycle theft, with 4 crimes reported and a crime rate of 0.16 per 1,000 residents.
The most common crimes in Felixstowe are violence and sexual offences, with 771 offences during 2021, giving a crime rate of 31.
This is 6% higher than 2020’s figure of 726 offences and a difference of 1.84 from 2020’s crime rate of 30.
Felixstowe’s least common crime is robbery, with 8 offences recorded in 2021, an increase of 38% from 2020’s figure of 5 crimes.
Credit: Crime Rate