Total Crime Rate
61.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kingfisher Avenue area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Sprites , and the 207th lowest crime rate of 432 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 0QW) in the last 12 months was 61.3 per 1,000 residents and was 23.8% lower than the Sprites average (80.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 41.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 15.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kingfisher Avenue (IP2 0QW), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 73 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Sprites| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grebe Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Curlew Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Partridge Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Grebe Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grebe Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Kingfisher Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingfisher Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kingfisher Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Robin Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Redwing Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Partridge Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grebe Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Partridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitworth Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Pintail Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Middleton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pintail Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lakeside Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Kittiwake Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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