Crime Rate in Sprites, ward

Sprites has the 7th lowest crime rate of 16 wards in Ipswich district and the 2727th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 256th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Sprites in the last 12 months was 78.0 per 1,000 residents and was 21.2% lower than the Ipswich district average (98.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Sprites’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 237 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 274 (≈ 40.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Sprites ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 87 crimes here, including 40 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.