Total Crime Rate
347.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
159.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Webb Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 32 local areas in Bridge , and the 18th highest crime rate of 429 local areas in Ipswich .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Webb Street (IP2 8RR) in the last 12 months was 347.8 per 1,000 residents and was 253.8% higher than the Bridge average (98.3 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 Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 159.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Webb Street (IP2 8RR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 144 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Selwyn Close (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ipswich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stoke Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Station Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Station Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pauline Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hawes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kenyon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vaughan Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | A137 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gresley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tyler Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Virginia Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Virginia Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Virginia Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Virginia Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Virginia Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Purplett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bromley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Harland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Webb Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bradley Street | — |
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