Total Crime Rate
24.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Holyrood Close area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Stoke Park , and the 86th 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 Holyrood Close (IP2 9DZ) in the last 12 months was 24.1 per 1,000 residents and was 65.9% lower than the Stoke Park average (70.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 16.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -96.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Holyrood Close (IP2 9DZ), the main crime hotspot is near Magdalene Close. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 18 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 | Magdalene Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clump Field | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Emmanuel Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Emmanuel Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wigmore Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Girton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Clump Field | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clump Field | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clump Field | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Magdalene Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clump Field | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clump Field | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clump Field | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clump Field | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magdalene Close | Under investigation |
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