Total Crime Rate
56.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
30.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kingfisher Avenue area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Sprites , and the 201st lowest 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 Kingfisher Avenue (IP2 0QN) in the last 12 months was 56.2 per 1,000 residents and was 29.3% lower 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 10 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 ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -23.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 30.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kingfisher Avenue (IP2 0QN), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Partridge Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Royston Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Woodpecker Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gannet Road | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Royston Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Royston Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gannet Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redwing Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gannet Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Partridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Partridge Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Curlew Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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