Crime Statistics for Belstead, Babergh, Suffolk, 2024

There were a total of 31 street level crime incidents in Belstead in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Belstead, 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 Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	17
Criminal Damage Arson	5
Public Order	3
Anti Social Behaviour	2
Burglary	1
Vehicle Crime	1
Shoplifting	1
Drugs	1
All Crime	31

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 Belstead. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

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 Belstead

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Chantry (1.39 miles)	182
Maidenhall (1.39 miles)	126
Stoke Park (1.39 miles)	126
Belstead	31
Sproughton (1.96 miles)	9
Copdock (1.24 miles)	6
Washbrook (1.39 miles)	6
Washbrook Street (1.39 miles)	6
Tattingstone White Horse (1.86 miles)	0
Blacksmith’s Corner (0.62 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Belstead?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Chantry	91
Maidenhall	62
Stoke Park	62
Belstead	17
Copdock	5
Washbrook	5
Washbrook Street	5
Sproughton	2
Tattingstone White Horse	0
Blacksmith’s Corner	0

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

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 Belstead 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 Belstead compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Belstead and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Resident in Belstead have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Westgate.

#	Ward	Score
1	Westgate	86
2	Alexandra	79
3	Bridge	77
4	Gipping	74
5	Stoke Park	72
6	Whitehouse	69
7	Sprites	60
8	St Margaret's	60
9	Sproughton & Pinewood	57
10	Bramford	39
11	Orwell	32

Which road in Belstead has the highest level of crime?

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