Crime Rate in Sprites, ward

Sprites has the 8th lowest crime rate of 16 wards in Ipswich district and the 2700th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 246th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Sprites in the last 12 months was 80.4 per 1,000 residents and was 16.5% lower than the Ipswich district average (96.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Sprites’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 236 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 280 (≈ 41.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Sprites ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 87 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.