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Crime in Babergh by area

Every neighbourhood we cover, ranked by crimes per 1,000 residents a year, from police.uk figures for June to August 2026. Highest first. Pick a type of crime to re-rank, or tap a column to sort.

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1,317crimes recordedJune to August 2026
+5%on the 3 months beforemore crime
Whatfieldlowest rate5.3 per 1,000 a year
35.4middle areacrimes per 1,000 a year

Darker means more crime per resident. Tap an area for its page.

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Most improved: Great Cornard (-6%), Sudbury (0%) and Brookwood (6%), compared with the three months before.

Every area, ranked

#Most common
1SudburyCO10 · 21,826 residents 91.50%violence
2Thorington ParkIP8 · 8,471 residents 90.2▲ 28%violence
3PinebrookIP8 · 6,830 residents 72.6▲ 13%violence
4BrookwoodIP2 · 9,869 residents 68.9▲ 6%violence
5HadleighIP7 · 8,754 residents 66.3▲ 24%violence
6PinewoodIP8 · 6,977 residents 63.1▲ 20%violence
7WashbrookIP8 · 3,244 residents 62.90%anti-social behaviour
8East BergholtCO7 · 1,522 residents 60.4▼ 39%violence
9Great CornardCO10 · 11,071 residents 57.8▼ 6%violence
10Long MelfordCO10 · 4,182 residents 55.5▲ 76%violence
11CopdockIP8 · 1,684 residents 54.60%violence
12Capel St MaryIP9 · 3,107 residents 41.2▼ 6%violence
13LavenhamCO10 · 1,922 residents 35.4▼ 19%violence
14CattawadeCO11 · 2,609 residents 35.3▲ 130%violence
15BranthamCO11 · 2,609 residents 27.6▼ 18%violence
16BoxfordCO10 · 2,382 residents 26.9▲ 7%violence
17GlemsfordCO10 · 4,053 residents 26.6▲ 23%violence
18ChelmondistonIP9 · 2,151 residents 22.3–criminal damage
19Great WaldingfieldCO10 · 2,811 residents 21.3▼ 17%violence
20HolbrookIP9 · 2,456 residents 21.2▲ 30%violence
21NaylandCO6 · 1,856 residents 12.9▼ 40%violence
22BildestonIP7 · 2,201 residents 9.1–vehicle crime
23LawshallIP29 · 2,106 residents 7.6–violence
24East EndCO7 · 2,028 residents 5.9–violence
25WhatfieldIP7 · 2,256 residents 5.3–violence

Change compares the last three months with the three before. A dash means too few crimes to compare fairly.

Why busy centres look worst

Crimes are counted where they happen, but residents are counted where they live. Town centres and shopping areas have lots of shops, bars and visitors and not many residents, so their rates come out high even though most people there are just passing through.

How we work it out

Each area is a circle round its middle, the same as on its MeBabber page. We count the crimes police.uk records inside the circle over the last three months and turn that into a yearly figure, then divide by the number of people who live inside the circle, from the 2021 Census. Police locations are moved slightly on purpose to protect victims, so treat small differences between neighbouring areas with a pinch of salt.

Sources: data.police.uk and the Office for National Statistics, both under the Open Government Licence. Figures update every month.

Crime in every area

Questions people ask

Which areas of Babergh have the lowest crime?

Over June to August 2026, the areas with the fewest crimes per 1,000 residents were Whatfield, East End, Lawshall, Bildeston and Nayland.

Which areas of Babergh have the highest crime?

Leaving aside the big shopping and industrial areas, where visitors and workers push the figures up, the highest rates over June to August 2026 were in Sudbury, Thorington Park, Pinebrook, Brookwood and Hadleigh.

Is crime going up or down in Babergh?

Across Babergh, 1,317 crimes were recorded over June to August 2026, 5% more than the three months before.

How is crime per 1,000 residents worked out?

We count the crimes police.uk records inside each area, turn the last three months into a yearly figure, and divide by the number of people who live there from the 2021 Census.