Crime Statistics for Lark, Suffolk, 2024

Crime statistics for Lark, Lark

There were a total of 4 street level crime incidents in in January 2024. The largest category was Violent Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Lark, 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 Crime4
All Crime4

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 Lark. 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 Lark

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Mildenhall73
Beck Row (1.42 miles)21
Holywell Row (1.76 miles)18
Barton Mills (2.15 miles)7
Isleham (2.6 miles)5
Lark4
Eriswell (3.09 miles)4
Kennett (1.41 miles)1
Freckenham (2.22 miles)1
Kenny Hill (2.86 miles)0

17.35%
of Mildenhall Great Heath residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Lark?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Mildenhall30
Beck Row10
Holywell Row7
Lark4
Eriswell4
Barton Mills2
Isleham0
Kennett0
Freckenham0
Kenny Hill0

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

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 Lark 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 Lark compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Lark and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Lark is ranked #2.

#WardScore
1Mildenhall Kingsway & Market45
2Mildenhall Great Heath44
3Iceni44
4Mildenhall Queensway42
5The Rows32
6Soham South27
7Exning27
8Manor26
9Soham North23
10Kentford & Moulton13
11Fordham & Isleham7

Which road in Lark has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Lark 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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