Crime Rate in Beccles & Worlingham, ward

Beccles & Worlingham has the 7th highest crime rate of 29 wards in East Suffolk district and the 3299th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 439th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Beccles & Worlingham in the last 12 months was 58.2 per 1,000 residents and was 2.5% higher than the East Suffolk district average (56.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Beccles & Worlingham’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 329 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 3 cases , up 200.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -40.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 402 (≈ 27.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -2.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Beccles & Worlingham ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Parking Area, with 116 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Supermarket (34 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.