Total Crime Rate
204.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
103.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Celestion Drive area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 29 local areas in St John's , and the 48th highest crime rate of 429 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 Celestion Drive (IP3 8GF) in the last 12 months was 204.2 per 1,000 residents and was 239.0% higher than the St John's average (60.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 103.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Celestion Drive (IP3 8GF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Celestion Drive (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Ipswich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Celestion Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Celestion Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Celestion Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Celestion Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Celestion Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clementine Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Celestion Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bull Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ditton Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kemball Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pearce Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pearce Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pearce Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pearce Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Camden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Coronation Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pearce Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hines Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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