Crime Statistics for Acton, Babergh, Suffolk, 2024

Crime statistics for Acton, Babergh

There were a total of 6 street level crime incidents in Acton in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Acton, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime3
Anti Social Behaviour1
Other Theft1
Drugs1
All Crime6

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Acton. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Acton

We've taken the ten nearest places to Acton and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Acton has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Chilton (1.24 miles)92
Brundon (2.24 miles)63
Newman’s Green (0.88 miles)60
Cornard Tye (1.96 miles)41
Cuckoo Tye (1.24 miles)20
Long Melford (1.96 miles)11
Great Waldingfield (0.88 miles)7
Acton6
Acton Place (0.88 miles)2
Washmere Green (2.24 miles)0

4.68%
of Long Melford residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Acton?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Acton and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Chilton38
Brundon27
Newman’s Green27
Cornard Tye17
Cuckoo Tye7
Long Melford3
Acton3
Great Waldingfield2
Acton Place1
Washmere Green0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Acton?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Acton to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Acton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Acton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Acton is ranked #6.

#WardScore
1Sudbury North East60
2Sudbury North West59
3Sudbury South East54
4Assington54
5Great Cornard49
6Long Melford35
7Box Vale26
8Stour Valley North25
9Lavenham23
10Stour Valley South13

Which road in Acton has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Acton with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.

Last updated: January 2024
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