Crime in IP5 1LR
How much crime is recorded in IP5 1LR, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Kesgrave West & Rushmere
- Council
- East Suffolk
- Region
- East of England
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,887 (2024)
IP5 1LRIpswich
How safe is IP5 1LR
Higher-harm crime (violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences) runs at 15.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in the IP5 1LR area, less than half the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
What crime is recorded
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.