Crime Statistics for Battisford, Suffolk, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Battisford in September 2024. There was only 1 incident. See where that was on the map below.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Battisford, 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	1
All Crime	1

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Battisford. 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 Battisford

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Stowmarket (2.48 miles)	85
Combs Ford (1.86 miles)	38
Needham Market (1.96 miles)	24
Combs (1.39 miles)	19
Barking Tye (1.39 miles)	5
Barking (1.39 miles)	4
Charles Tye (2.23 miles)	4
Battisford	1
Little London (0.88 miles)	1
Moats Tye (0.88 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Battisford?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Stowmarket	36
Combs Ford	17
Needham Market	17
Combs	9
Barking Tye	3
Barking	2
Charles Tye	1
Battisford	1
Little London	1
Moats Tye	1

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

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 Battisford 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 Battisford compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	St Peter's	65
2	Combs Ford	51
3	Stow Thorney	46
4	Chilton	41
5	Haughley, Stowupland & Wetherden	29
6	Blakenham	27
7	Onehouse	25
8	Stonham	19
9	Battisford & Ringshall	19
10	Needham Market	19
11	Rattlesden	11

Which road in Battisford has the highest level of crime?

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