Total Crime Rate
55.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Elliott Street area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 30 local areas in Gipping , and the 199th lowest crime rate of 429 local areas in Ipswich .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Elliott Street (IP1 2HJ) in the last 12 months was 55.6 per 1,000 residents and was 60.1% lower 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 31.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 160.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elliott Street (IP1 2HJ), the main crime hotspot is near Prospect Road. Police recorded 119 crimes here, including 37 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 | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rendlesham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Handford Cut | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bulwer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Rendlesham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dillwyn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sirdar Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elliott Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elliott Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elliott Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elliott Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rendlesham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Rendlesham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dillwyn Street West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bulwer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bulwer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bulwer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bulwer Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Firmin Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Handford Cut | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Firmin Close | Under investigation |
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