Total Crime Rate
147.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
99.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Clarkson Street area has the 24th highest crime rate of 67 local areas in Alexandra , and the 72nd highest crime rate of 429 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 Clarkson Street (IP1 2JH) in the last 12 months was 147.2 per 1,000 residents and was 40.7% lower than the Alexandra average (248.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 99.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clarkson Street (IP1 2JH), the main crime hotspot is near Beaufort Street. Police recorded 59 crimes here, including 31 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Dalton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bulwer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ainslie Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ainslie Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ainslie Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Granville Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Granville Street | Local resolution |
| 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 | 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 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stopford Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stopford Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Stevenson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Gaye Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stevenson Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dillwyn Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gymnasium Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gymnasium Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rendlesham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rendlesham Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Rendlesham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Rendlesham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dillwyn Street West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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