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 2BP) 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 2BP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Matthew'S Street, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Little Gipping Street (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ipswich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Russell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barrack Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Black Horse Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Black Horse 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 | Curriers' Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Matthew'S Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Matthew'S Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Matthew'S Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Elm Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | St Matthew'S Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | St Matthew'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Civic Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Civic Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Black Horse Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Black Horse Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stevenson Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chancery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Emlen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chancery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chancery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chancery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chancery Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
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