Total Crime Rate
19.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
11.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Holcombe Crescent area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Sprites , and the 60th lowest crime rate of 429 local areas in Ipswich .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Holcombe Crescent (IP2 9PW) in the last 12 months was 19.0 per 1,000 residents and was 76.1% lower than the Sprites average (79.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 11.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Holcombe Crescent (IP2 9PW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Chestnuts (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ipswich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Greenfinch Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woolverstone Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Royston Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Royston Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Royston Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Woodpecker Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pendleton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Didsbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Didsbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pendleton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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