Crime Statistics for Boxford, Babergh, Suffolk, 2024

Crime statistics for Boxford, Babergh

There were a total of 5 street level crime incidents in Boxford in March 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Public Order, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Crime CategoryIncidents
Public Order1
Anti Social Behaviour1
Criminal Damage Arson1
Vehicle Crime1
Burglary1
All Crime5

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

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

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Horner’s Green (0.62 miles)8
Sherbourne Street (0.88 miles)6
Mill Green (1.39 miles)5
Boxford5
Gosling Green (1.39 miles)5
Mill Street (2.24 miles)2
Polstead (2.23 miles)1
Assington (2.23 miles)0
Hagmore Green (0.88 miles)0
Stone Street (0.62 miles)0

5.55%
of Brett Vale residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Boxford?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Horner’s Green6
Gosling Green5
Sherbourne Street4
Mill Green3
Boxford0
Mill Street0
Polstead0
Assington0
Hagmore Green0
Stone Street0

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

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 Boxford 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 Boxford compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Sudbury North East60
2Sudbury North West59
3Sudbury South East54
4Assington54
5Great Cornard49
6Bures St Mary & Nayland49
7Box Vale26
8Rural North24
9Hadleigh South24
10Brett Vale5

Which road in Boxford has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: March 2024
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