Total Crime Rate

774.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 774.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 451.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 64.5 8/10
  • Drugs 53.8 10/10
  • Other theft 37.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.3 9/10
  • Public order 32.3 10/10
  • Burglary 26.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 26.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.5 9/10
  • Other crime 10.8 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 10.8 10/10
  • Theft from the person 5.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Princes Street area has the highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Gipping , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 432 local areas in Ipswich .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Princes Street (IP1 1RY) in the last 12 months was 774.2 per 1,000 residents and was 484.1% higher than the Gipping average (132.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 84 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 265.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 92 (≈ 494.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 135.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Princes Street (IP1 1RY), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 118 crimes here, including 55 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Princes Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Gipping Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Curriers' Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cutler Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Friars Bridge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Black Horse Lane Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Black Horse Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Black Horse Lane Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Black Horse Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Canham Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Friars Bridge Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cromwell Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Coytes Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Queen Street

Data Sources

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