Total Crime Rate
191.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Canham Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Gipping , and the 47th highest crime rate of 432 local areas in Ipswich .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Canham Street (IP1 2BU) in the last 12 months was 191.0 per 1,000 residents and was 44.1% 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 116.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -53.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Canham Street (IP1 2BU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Matthew'S Street, where police recorded 78 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Little Gipping Street (36 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Gipping| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Curriers' Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Barrack Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Gipping Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Gipping Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Canham Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Crescent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Canham Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Gipping Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Curriers' Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Black Horse Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Black Horse Lane | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cecil Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Black Horse Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Black Horse Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Bedford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Handford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Handford Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | St Matthew'S Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Curriers' Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Curriers' Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Curriers' Lane | Under investigation |
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