Total Crime Rate

81.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 81.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.2 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.8 5/10
  • Drugs 6.8 7/10
  • Other theft 6.8 6/10
  • Public order 6.8 6/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Hawthorn Drive area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 30 local areas in Gipping , and the 171st 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 Hawthorn Drive (IP2 0PG) in the last 12 months was 81.9 per 1,000 residents and was 38.2% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -41.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 44.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hawthorn Drive (IP2 0PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Jasmine Close, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sorrel Close (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hawthorn Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orchid Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sorrel Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sorrel Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Thistle Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thistle Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Orchid Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pimpernel Road
Sep 2025Other crime Cornflower Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shamrock Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shamrock Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marigold Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jasmine Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park/Open Space Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jasmine Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Marsh Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Harebell Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Marsh Terrace
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jasmine Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sorrel Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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