Is Ipswich safe? United Kingdom travel risk
Is Ipswich safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Ipswich scores 33/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates United Kingdom Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 9 Sep 2026); Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Ipswich scores 33/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United Kingdom (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Ipswich: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and health and medical access (45/100).
A score of 33 is higher than the scores of 37% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the United Kingdom travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Ipswich belongs to Suffolk (United Kingdom), centered at coordinates 52.0594° N, 1.1556° E (18 m above sea level). Distance to London is 107.5 km towards the SW.
Suffolk
52.0594° N, 1.1556° E
18 m
Europe/London
151,562
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (United Kingdom)
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Ipswich happened in December (2 of 5 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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