Crime Rate in Sudbury South East, ward

Sudbury South East has the 2nd highest crime rate of 24 wards in Babergh district and the 2408th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 208th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Sudbury South East in the last 12 months was 85.6 per 1,000 residents and was 85.1% higher than the Babergh district average (46.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Sudbury South East’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 141 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 173 (≈ 45.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Sudbury South East ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Petrol Station, with 44 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Elm Road (24 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.