Crime Statistics for Capel St Mary, Babergh, Suffolk, 2024

Crime statistics for Capel St Mary, Babergh

There were a total of 10 street level crime incidents in Capel St Mary in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Other Theft.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Capel St Mary, 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
Other Theft2
Possession Of Weapons1
Other Crime1
Criminal Damage Arson1
Anti Social Behaviour1
Public Order1
All Crime10

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 Capel St Mary. 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 Capel St Mary

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Capel St Mary10
Little Wenham (0.88 miles)4
Lattinford Hill (1.75 miles)3
Copdock (2.24 miles)3
Tattingstone (2.55 miles)2
Tattingstone White Horse (2.48 miles)2
Great Wenham (1.24 miles)1
Chattisham (2.48 miles)1
Raydon (2.48 miles)0
Potash (1.39 miles)0

4.38%
of Capel St Mary residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Capel St Mary?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Capel St Mary3
Little Wenham2
Lattinford Hill2
Copdock1
Tattingstone1
Tattingstone White Horse1
Great Wenham1
Chattisham0
Raydon0
Potash0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Capel St Mary?

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 Capel St Mary 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 Capel St Mary compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Stoke Park72
2Sprites60
3Lawford, Manningtree & Mistley40
4Bramford39
5Copdock & Washbrook33
6Orwell32
7Brantham26
8South East Cosford26
9Hadleigh South24
10Capel St Mary17
11East Bergholt16

Which road in Capel St Mary has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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