Crime Statistics for Akenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Akenham in September 2024. There were a total of 356 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Akenham, 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 Crime142
Shoplifting64
Criminal Damage Arson32
Other Theft28
Anti Social Behaviour27
Burglary26
Vehicle Crime12
Public Order12
Other Crime9
Bicycle Theft4
All Crime356

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 Akenham. 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 Akenham

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Ipswich (2.78 miles)524
Chantry (3.1 miles)282
Akenham182
Castle Hill (0.88 miles)131
Sproughton (2.77 miles)18
Great Blakenham (1.75 miles)13
The Common (1.24 miles)11
Barham (1.86 miles)5
Henley (1.96 miles)1
Tuddenham St Martin (3.1 miles)1

3.56%
of Claydon & Barham residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Akenham?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Ipswich222
Akenham142
Chantry111
Castle Hill52
Great Blakenham7
Sproughton5
Barham2
The Common1
Henley1
Tuddenham St Martin1

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

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 Akenham 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 Akenham compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Westgate86
2Alexandra79
3Whitton76
4Gipping74
5Whitehouse69
6St Margaret's60
7Sproughton & Pinewood57
8Castle Hill48
9Bramford39
10Blakenham27
11Claydon & Barham24

Which road in Akenham has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: September 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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