Total Crime Rate
24.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
17.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cambridge Drive area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Stoke Park , and the 84th 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 Cambridge Drive (IP2 9UN) in the last 12 months was 24.0 per 1,000 residents and was 66.1% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -54.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 17.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -54.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cambridge Drive (IP2 9UN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Magdalene Close, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Peterhouse Close (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ipswich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peterhouse Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clump Field | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clump Field | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clump Field | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Woodlark Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodlark Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clump Field | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clump Field | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clump Field | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clump Field | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Clump Field | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Newnham Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chesterton Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Girton Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Butley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peterhouse Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magdalene Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magdalene Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Magdalene Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Peterhouse Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Newnham Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Butley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Peterhouse Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Furness Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Peterhouse Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Furness Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Catherine'S Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Furness Close | Under investigation |
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