Crime Statistics for Ipswich, Suffolk, 2024

There were a total of 503 street level crime incidents in Ipswich in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Ipswich, 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	200
Shoplifting	61
Public Order	50
Anti Social Behaviour	46
Criminal Damage Arson	39
Other Theft	32
Drugs	23
Vehicle Crime	13
Other Crime	10
Theft From The Person	8
Bicycle Theft	6
Robbery	6
Burglary	5
Possession Of Weapons	4
All Crime	503

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Ipswich. 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 Ipswich

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Ipswich	503
Stoke (0.62 miles)	314
California (1.24 miles)	236
Chantry (1.39 miles)	182
Broke Hall (1.96 miles)	145
Rushmere St Andrew (1.96 miles)	128
Maidenhall (1.39 miles)	126
Stoke Park (1.39 miles)	113
Racecourse (1.75 miles)	112
Greenwich (1.39 miles)	70

Where are the most violent places near Ipswich?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Ipswich	200
Stoke	132
California	100
Chantry	91
Broke Hall	69
Rushmere St Andrew	62
Maidenhall	62
Stoke Park	60
Racecourse	57
Greenwich	38

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

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 Ipswich 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 Ipswich compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Ipswich and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Ipswich is ranked #3.

#	Ward	Score
1	Westgate	86
2	Alexandra	79
3	Bridge	77
4	Gipping	74
5	Stoke Park	72
6	Holywells	71
7	Whitehouse	69
8	Sprites	60
9	St Margaret's	60
10	Castle Hill	48
11	Orwell	32

Which road in Ipswich has the highest level of crime?

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