Total Crime Rate

101.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 101.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 66.4 9/10
  • Drugs 11.7 9/10
  • Robbery 7.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.9 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.9 3/10
  • Public order 3.9 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Birkfield Close area has the 13th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Gipping , and the 131st highest crime rate of 432 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 Birkfield Close (IP2 9HD) in the last 12 months was 101.6 per 1,000 residents and was 23.4% lower than the Gipping average (132.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 78.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birkfield Close (IP2 9HD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre/Concert Hall, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Maple Close (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Birkfield Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Birkfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Ranelagh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Birkfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Talmash Gardens Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Talmash Gardens Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Talmash Gardens Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maple Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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