Crime Statistics for Kesgrave, Suffolk, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Kesgrave in August 2024. There were a total of 41 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 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime19
Shoplifting6
Anti Social Behaviour6
Other Crime3
Criminal Damage Arson3
Public Order2
Other Theft2
All Crime41

Map of street level crime incidents in August 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.

LocationCrime Incidents
California (1.96 miles)571
Broke Hall (1.75 miles)198
Rushmere St Andrew (1.24 miles)156
Warren Heath (1.96 miles)72
Rushmere Street (0.88 miles)66
Martlesham Heath (1.86 miles)55
Kesgrave41
Little Bealings (1.75 miles)10
Beacon Hill (1.75 miles)7
Playford (1.24 miles)5

8.08%
of Rushmere St Andrew residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



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.

LocationViolent Incidents
California544
Broke Hall95
Rushmere St Andrew83
Warren Heath66
Rushmere Street39
Martlesham Heath22
Kesgrave19
Beacon Hill6
Little Bealings4
Playford4

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.

#WardScore
1Bridge77
2Gipping74
3Holywells71
4Priory Heath67
5Gainsborough61
6Rushmere42
7Bixley42
8St John's37
9Martlesham & Purdis Farm32
10Kesgrave11
11Rushmere St Andrew3

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 this marker.

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