Total Crime Rate

166.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 166.0 9/10
  • Other theft 48.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.5 8/10
  • Shoplifting 24.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.2 7/10
  • Public order 12.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.1 6/10
  • Drugs 4.1 5/10
  • Theft from the person 4.1 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Holcombe Crescent area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Sprites , and the 58th highest crime rate of 432 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 Holcombe Crescent (IP2 9QJ) in the last 12 months was 166.0 per 1,000 residents and was 106.5% higher than the Sprites average (80.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 140.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 56.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 26.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Holcombe Crescent (IP2 9QJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Woolverstone Close (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Holcombe Crescent area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Edgeworth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Edgeworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middleton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitworth Close Action to be taken by another organisation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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