Total Crime Rate
838.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
505.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Portman Road area has the highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Gipping , and the 4th highest crime rate of 429 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 Portman Road (IP1 2BN) in the last 12 months was 838.7 per 1,000 residents and was 503.0% higher than the Gipping average (139.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 79 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -46.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 94 (≈ 505.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Portman Road (IP1 2BN), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 88 crimes here, including 40 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Ipswich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chancery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Curriers' Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Curriers' Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Curriers' Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Civic Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grafton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Grafton Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Grafton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Grafton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cecilia Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | B1073 | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Commercial Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chancery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Civic Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chancery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chancery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Russell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chancery Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
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