I am trying to apply a on a but I am having problems with things being clipped, not just the blur but also parts of origina
You have to move the upper border of the filter effect region as well. Default is y=-10%.
y=-10%
As an aside, using absolute values only works if you set filterUnits="userSpaceOnUse". The same note on the use of y values applies.
filterUnits="userSpaceOnUse"