Total Crime Rate

478.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

49.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 478.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 366.6 10/10
  • Violent crimes 49.9 8/10
  • Public order 23.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.5 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.7 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.7 8/10
  • Other crime 11.7 10/10
  • Other theft 11.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.7 8/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 3/10
  • Robbery 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Vaughan Street area has the highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Bridge , and the 12th highest crime rate of 429 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 Vaughan Street (IP2 8DG) in the last 12 months was 478.0 per 1,000 residents and was 386.2% higher than the Bridge average (98.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 125 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -41.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 49.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vaughan Street (IP2 8DG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 144 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Barnard Square (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Vaughan Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/53)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Stoke Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Hawes Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Jamestown Boulevard Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Jamestown Boulevard Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Tyler Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gresley Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Station Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Martin Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bradley Street —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Bradley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bradley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Webb Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Vaughan Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kenyon Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pauline Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Station Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Purplett Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Bromley Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Virginia Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Virginia Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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