Crime Statistics for Kesgrave, Suffolk, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Kesgrave in September 2024. There were a total of 34 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Kesgrave, 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	16
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Anti Social Behaviour	4
Public Order	3
Shoplifting	3
Vehicle Crime	2
Burglary	1
Other Theft	1
All Crime	34

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 Kesgrave. 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 Kesgrave

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

Location	Crime Incidents
California (1.96 miles)	266
Broke Hall (1.75 miles)	259
Rushmere St Andrew (1.24 miles)	142
Martlesham Heath (1.86 miles)	94
Warren Heath (1.96 miles)	89
Rushmere Street (0.88 miles)	72
Kesgrave	28
Playford (1.24 miles)	12
Beacon Hill (1.75 miles)	7
Little Bealings (1.75 miles)	7

Where are the most violent places near Kesgrave?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
California	107
Broke Hall	103
Martlesham Heath	81
Rushmere St Andrew	74
Rushmere Street	44
Warren Heath	27
Kesgrave	16
Playford	7
Beacon Hill	6
Little Bealings	6

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

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 Kesgrave 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 Kesgrave compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Bridge	77
2	Gipping	74
3	Holywells	71
4	Priory Heath	67
5	Gainsborough	61
6	Rushmere	42
7	Bixley	42
8	St John's	37
9	Martlesham & Purdis Farm	32
10	Kesgrave	11
11	Rushmere St Andrew	3

Which road in Kesgrave has the highest level of crime?

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