Total Crime Rate

130.8 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 130.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 80.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.4 8/10
  • Drugs 11.5 9/10
  • Other theft 7.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.9 6/10
  • Burglary 3.9 4/10
  • Other crime 3.9 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Cambridge Drive area has the 6th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Stoke Park , and the 82nd 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 Cambridge Drive (IP2 9UD) in the last 12 months was 130.8 per 1,000 residents and was 83.4% higher than the Stoke Park average (71.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 80.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cambridge Drive (IP2 9UD), the main crime hotspot is near Peterhouse Close. Police recorded 47 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cambridge Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peterhouse Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peterhouse Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Chesterton Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clump Field Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peterhouse Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peterhouse Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peterhouse Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chesterton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Catherine'S Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Newnham Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandpiper Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sheldrake Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Janebrook Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Catherine'S Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sheldrake Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Peterhouse Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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