Crime Rates at Hawthorn Drive, Ipswich, IP2 0QD

Hawthorn Drive area has the 4th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Sprites , and the 79th highest crime rate of 429 local areas in Ipswich .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hawthorn Drive (IP2 0QD) in the last 12 months was 141.2 per 1,000 residents and was 77.7% higher than the Sprites average (79.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 64.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 22.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hawthorn Drive (IP2 0QD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 73 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Jasmine Close (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.