Ipswich crime rate Interactive maps and visualisation

Overview of Ipswich crime rate

Crime rating – high.

Ipswich ranks 6th out of 25 nearby boroughs/local administrative districts for crime rate. In 2023, there were 15696 crime incidents reported. As per the latest census, Ipswich has a population of 139642. This equates to a crime rate of 112.4 per 1000 residents. This crime rate represents a decrease of 11.32 % compared to previous year.

Most common crime types in Ipswich are Violence and sexual offences (39.2%) Anti-social behaviour (13.7%) Shoplifting (9.7%) and least common crime types are Possession of weapons (1.2%) Theft from the person (0.9%) Robbery (0.7%).

There are 16 wards in Ipswich. Wards with high crime rates are Alexandra (Ipswich) (339.0), Gipping (175.2), Westgate (Ipswich) (168.2) . On the other end, safest wards are St Margaret’s (Ipswich) (53.6), Rushmere (48.0), Castle Hill (44.1) .

Similarly, looking at Postcode districts that are within or overlapping with Ipswich, we see high crime rates in IP1 (131.3), IP2 (113.4), IP4 (104.9) . Safest postcode districts are IP6 (38.2), IP9 (37.4), IP10 (16.3) .

Ipswich crime incidents by crime type

A total of 15696 crime incidents were reported in 2023. Below is the breakdown by crime type.

Violence and sexual offences – 6159 (39.2)%
Anti-social behaviour – 2156 (13.7)%
Shoplifting – 1518 (9.7)%
Criminal damage and arson – 1339 (8.5)%
Public order – 1228 (7.8)%
Other theft – 876 (5.6)%
Vehicle crime – 669 (4.3)%
Burglary – 434 (2.8)%
Drugs – 368 (2.3)%
Other crime – 287 (1.8)%
Bicycle theft – 223 (1.4)%
Possession of weapons – 191 (1.2)%
Theft from the person – 139 (0.9)%
Robbery – 109 (0.7)%

How does Ipswich compare against nearby areas ?

Ipswich ranks 6th when compared against 25 nearby boroughs/local administrative districts.

List of nearby boroughs/local administrative districts from high crime rate to low (2023):

Heat map for all nearby areas Ipswich is compared against

Crime rates in Ipswich wards

There are 16 wards within Ipswich. Alexandra (Ipswich), Gipping, Westgate (Ipswich) has highest crime rate (crime per 1000 residents). Below map shows 2023 crime rates broken down by crime types.

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List of all 16 wards from high crime rate to low.