Total Crime Rate
111.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
62.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Morgan Drive area has the 8th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Whitehouse , and the 117th 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 Morgan Drive (IP1 5QG) in the last 12 months was 111.1 per 1,000 residents and was 23.1% higher than the Whitehouse average (90.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -35.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 62.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Morgan Drive (IP1 5QG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Antrim Road, where police recorded 12 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Crossley Gardens (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ipswich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kerry Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Antrim Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Antrim Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Morgan Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eldred Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
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