Total Crime Rate
60.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Aster Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 30 local areas in Gipping , and the 214th highest 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 Aster Road (IP2 0NH) in the last 12 months was 60.5 per 1,000 residents and was 56.5% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 24.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Aster Road (IP2 0NH), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 73 crimes here, including 30 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Columbine Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marsh Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornflower Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Larkspur Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Larkspur Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marsh Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Orchid Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Orchid Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Orchid Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Orchid Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchid Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crocus Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crocus Close | Under investigation |
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