Total Crime Rate
81.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hawthorn 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.
View Crime In Gipping| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchid Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sorrel Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sorrel Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Thistle Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thistle Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Orchid Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pimpernel Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Cornflower Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shamrock Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shamrock Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marigold Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jasmine Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park/Open Space | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jasmine Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Marsh Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Harebell Road | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Marsh Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jasmine Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sorrel Close | Under investigation |
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