Crime Rates at Great Gipping Street, Ipswich, IP1 2BS

Great Gipping Street 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 Great Gipping Street (IP1 2BS) 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 Great Gipping Street (IP1 2BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Providence Street, where police recorded 71 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near King Street (42 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.