Total Crime Rate
86.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Poppy Close area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 30 local areas in Gipping , and the 157th highest crime rate of 429 local areas in Ipswich .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Poppy Close (IP2 0NX) in the last 12 months was 86.7 per 1,000 residents and was 37.7% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 56.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Poppy Close (IP2 0NX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dombey Road, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Poppy Close (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ipswich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Columbine Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Poppy Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Copperfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cornflower Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Primrose Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Waller'S Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Iris Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Iris Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Poppy Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Poppy Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Waller'S Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crocus Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchid Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Orchid Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Orchid Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crocus Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Orchid Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Primrose Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Orchid Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dombey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dombey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dombey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dombey Road | Under investigation |
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