Crime Statistics for Chelsworth, Babergh, Suffolk, 2024

Crime statistics for Chelsworth, Babergh

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

Crime CategoryIncidents
Vehicle 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 Chelsworth. 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 Chelsworth

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Wattisham Stone (2.78 miles)7
Hitcham (2.48 miles)7
Gosling Green (3.17 miles)5
Bildeston (1.39 miles)2
Nedging (0.88 miles)2
Chelsworth1
Chelsworth Common1
Kersey (2.24 miles)1
Kettlebaston (2.24 miles)0
Monks Eleigh (1.24 miles)0

4.65%
of North West Cosford residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Chelsworth?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Wattisham Stone5
Gosling Green5
Hitcham4
Bildeston1
Nedging0
Chelsworth0
Chelsworth Common0
Kersey0
Kettlebaston0
Monks Eleigh0

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

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 Chelsworth 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 Chelsworth compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Chelsworth and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Chelsworth is ranked #9.

#WardScore
1Sudbury North East60
2Assington54
3Long Melford35
4Box Vale26
5South East Cosford26
6Hadleigh South24
7Lavenham23
8Battisford & Ringshall19
9North West Cosford15
10Brett Vale5

Which road in Chelsworth has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: February 2024
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