Adult sex workers or prostitutes have stopped working the streets of Ipswich for the first time in nearly 6 decades .

Police have confirmed that there has not been a single adult sex worker spotted within the town for nearly two months, which is a year after a strategy, was launched to help vulnerable women off the streets.

The last arrest for kerb crawling in the town was more than 70 days ago.

Police chiefs have said they were incredibly pleased with the success of the strategy but warned it was still too early to say it had been eradicated for good.

Superintendent Alan Caton, operations manager for Ipswich, said: “We've had no reports of kerb crawling or prostitution for some weeks now. It's the first time no women have been working for a significant period of time.

“Prostitution in Ipswich has been a problem for many decades. I have been working in Ipswich for 25 years and this is the most successful strategy I can ever remember.

“It's not to say it couldn't revert back again. We are continuously optimistic about what the strategy has achieved. However, we are aware that prostitution is fuelled by drug addiction, particularly street prostitution, and drug addiction is incredibly difficult to overcome.