Total Crime Rate

191.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 191.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 104.5 10/10
  • Other theft 14.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.9 6/10
  • Burglary 11.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.0 6/10
  • Drugs 9.0 8/10
  • Public order 9.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Robbery 3.0 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.0 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Dalton Road 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 Dalton Road (IP1 2HT) 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 Dalton Road (IP1 2HT), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Dalton Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bulwer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Dillwyn Street West Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Wilberforce Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Granville Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cecil Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Canham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Canham Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Other theft Crescent Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarkson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Barrack Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Benezet Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Benezet Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Benezet Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Gipping Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Gipping Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Little Gipping Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bulwer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bulwer Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dillwyn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dillwyn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dillwyn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bulwer Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bulwer Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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