Recorded crime
Ipswich recorded crime by postcode district
Crimes police recorded in July 2026 within roughly 1 mile of each district centre, across 6 Ipswich districts. Counts, not rates.
Crimes recorded, July 2026
1,277
Across 6 districts, within about 1 mile of each centre.
- Districts
- 6
- Most recorded
- Violence
data.police.uk, July 2026
Summary
Recorded crime in Ipswich: police recorded 1,277 crimes in July 2026 within roughly 1 mile of the centre of each of the 6 postcode districts with a published figure. IP8 has the lowest recorded count (5) and IP1 the highest (427). The most often recorded category was violent crime, at 43% of the month's recorded crimes. These are counts, not rates: a district with shops, bars and a station will out-count a residential one on footfall alone.
Data from data.police.uk street-level crime API, July 2026.
Read this first
These are counts, not rates. data.police.uk street-level crime API publishes how many crimes were recorded near a point; it publishes no population figure to divide by. A district with a station, shops and bars will record more crime than a residential one because more people pass through it, not necessarily because residents are more likely to be a victim. Recorded crime is also only crime that was reported and recorded, and reporting rates vary by crime type and by area.
Use this to see the shape of a city and to prompt better questions, not to decide that one district is good and another bad.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on Ipswich crime counts: a wide gap that mostly reflects footfall
Ipswich’s 6 districts with a published figure add up to 1,277 recorded crimes for July 2026, and the counts run from 5 in IP8 to 427 in IP1, so the busiest districts dwarf the quietest without telling you much about either.
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Key figures
Ipswich crime counts at a glance
Police records for July 2026. A count near each district centre is not a safety ranking.
Lowest district
5
IP8, crimes recorded
Middle district
271
Median of the districts
Highest district
427
IP1, crimes recorded
Top category
Violence
543 of 1,277 crimes
Recorded crime
Ipswich crime by category and district
1,277 recorded crimes across 6 districts in July 2026.
By category
What the recorded crimes were
Violent crime was the most recorded category, with 543 of 1,277 crimes (43%). It describes the month's police records, not what is likely to happen to you.
See the figures
| Category | Recorded | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 543 | 43% |
| Shoplifting | 177 | 14% |
| Anti social behaviour | 105 | 8% |
| Other theft | 101 | 8% |
| Public order | 98 | 8% |
data.police.uk street-level crime API, July 2026
By district
Ipswich districts, lowest recorded count first
Counts run from 5 in IP8 to 427 in IP1. Each row is one postcode district: how many crimes police recorded within about a mile of its centre.
See the figures
| District | Recorded crimes | Most recorded category | Area data |
|---|---|---|---|
| IP8 | 5 | Violent crime (4) | IP8 area report |
| IP5 | 36 | Violent crime (20) | IP5 area report |
| IP3 | 223 | Violent crime (84) | IP3 area report |
| IP4 | 271 | Violent crime (118) | IP4 area report |
| IP2 | 315 | Violent crime (165) | IP2 area report |
| IP1 | 427 | Violent crime (152) | IP1 area report |
Districts with no figure published for July 2026 are left out rather than shown as zero: a force not having published yet is not the same fact as no crime.
data.police.uk street-level crime API, July 2026
Reading the numbers
What the numbers show
Across the 6 Ipswich postcode districts with a published figure for July 2026, police recorded 1,277 crimes in total within roughly a mile of each district centroid. The median district recorded 247.
IP8 has the lowest recorded crime count of the districts listed (5), and IP1 the highest (427).
The spread across the city is wide: the highest-counting district recorded about 85.4 times as many crimes as the lowest. Much of a gap that size reflects what is in the radius: a city-centre district with shops, bars and a station will out-count a residential one before any difference in how people behave.
The most frequently recorded category across these districts was violent crime, at 43% of all recorded crimes in the month.
Questions, answered
Ipswich recorded crime: your questions
How many crimes were recorded in Ipswich?
Which Ipswich districts record the fewest crimes?
What is the most commonly recorded crime in Ipswich?
Why does this page not rank Ipswich districts by crime rate?
Source and method
Where these figures come from
data.police.uk street-level crime API (API documentation), month 2026-07, one request per district at its centroid, ~1 mile radius. England and Wales only. Data.police.uk does not carry Police Scotland or PSNI. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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