Crime Statistics for Carlton, Suffolk, 2024

Crime statistics for Carlton, Carlton

There were a total of 23 street level crime incidents in Carlton 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 Carlton, 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 Crime12
Criminal Damage Arson5
Anti Social Behaviour2
Burglary2
Shoplifting1
Public Order1
All Crime23

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 Carlton. 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 Carlton

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Carlton23
Dorley’s Corner (0.62 miles)6
Curlew Green (0.62 miles)6
Kelsale (0.62 miles)6
Yoxford (2.56 miles)3
Benhall Street (2.63 miles)1
Knodishall (3.1 miles)1
Farnham (2.77 miles)1
Rendham (1.86 miles)0
Theberton (3.16 miles)0

5.93%
of Saxmundham residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Carlton?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Carlton12
Dorley’s Corner3
Curlew Green3
Kelsale3
Yoxford1
Knodishall1
Benhall Street0
Farnham0
Rendham0
Theberton0

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

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 Carlton 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 Carlton compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Saxmundham42
2Wrentham, Wangford & Westleton31
3Aldeburgh & Leiston21
4Halesworth & Blything20
5Carlford & Fynn Valley20
6Kelsale & Yoxford18
7Wickham Market17
8Deben15
9Framlingham10
10Rendlesham & Orford8
11Stradbroke & Laxfield8

Which road in Carlton has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: February 2024
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