Crime Statistics for Great Blakenham, Suffolk, 2024

There were a total of 12 street level crime incidents in Great Blakenham in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Great Blakenham, 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	5
Public Order	2
Anti Social Behaviour	2
Shoplifting	2
Other Theft	1
All Crime	12

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 Great Blakenham. 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 Great Blakenham

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Castle Hill (2.63 miles)	120
Akenham (1.75 miles)	76
The Common (1.24 miles)	15
Great Blakenham	12
Barham (1.39 miles)	6
Coddenham Green (3.17 miles)	5
Henley (1.96 miles)	2
Nettlestead (2.55 miles)	1
Coddenham (2.56 miles)	0
Hemingstone (2.63 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Great Blakenham?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Castle Hill	61
Akenham	36
The Common	6
Great Blakenham	5
Henley	2
Barham	1
Coddenham Green	1
Nettlestead	1
Coddenham	0
Hemingstone	0

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

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 Great Blakenham 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 Great Blakenham compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Westgate	86
2	Alexandra	79
3	Whitton	76
4	Gipping	74
5	Whitehouse	69
6	St Margaret's	60
7	Sproughton & Pinewood	57
8	Castle Hill	48
9	Bramford	39
10	Blakenham	27
11	Claydon & Barham	24

Which road in Great Blakenham has the highest level of crime?

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