Crime Statistics for Aldham, Babergh, Suffolk, 2024

Crime statistics for Aldham, Babergh

There were a total of 1 street level crime incidents in in February 2024. The largest category was Violent Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Aldham, 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 Crime1
All Crime1

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Aldham. 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 Aldham

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Hadleigh (2.24 miles)24
Burstall (3.16 miles)2
Aldham1
Nettlestead (3.51 miles)1
Great Bricett (3.17 miles)1
Greenstreet Green (2.48 miles)1
Kersey (2.55 miles)1
Lower Layham (3.17 miles)1
Chattisham (3.61 miles)1
Burstallhill (2.48 miles)1

4.85%
of South East Cosford residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Aldham?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Hadleigh9
Aldham1
Nettlestead1
Chattisham1
Burstall0
Great Bricett0
Greenstreet Green0
Kersey0
Lower Layham0
Burstallhill0

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

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 Aldham 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 Aldham compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Whitehouse69
2Sproughton & Pinewood57
3Bramford39
4Copdock & Washbrook33
5Blakenham27
6South East Cosford26
7Hadleigh South24
8Battisford & Ringshall19
9Capel St Mary17
10Brett Vale5

Which road in Aldham has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Aldham with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around A1141.

Last updated: February 2024
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