Acton, Great Waldingfield & Bures
Middle areaWest Babergh. 7,135 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 58 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by middle area
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 73% of people in Acton, Great Waldingfield & Bures live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
Recorded crime in Acton, Great Waldingfield & Bures
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Acton, Great Waldingfield & Bures at a rate of 29.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 45.6 per 1,000 people across Babergh.
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
| Kind of crime | Recorded |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 90 |
| Other crime | 38 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 32 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 18 |
| Vehicle crime | 15 |
| Drug offences | 8 |
| Burglary | 6 |
| Robbery | 0 |
| Shoplifting | 0 |
| Theft from the person | 0 |
Source: police.uk, 12 months to August 2026
How Acton, Great Waldingfield & Bures compares
Each dot is a middle area. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Acton, Great Waldingfield & Bures safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Acton, Great Waldingfield & Bures at a rate of 29.0 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 45.6 per 1,000 people across Babergh.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 18 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Acton, Great Waldingfield & Bures.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (90), other crime (38) and anti-social behaviour (32).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Babergh
These figures are published for the whole of Babergh, not for each middle area, so they describe all of Babergh and not Acton, Great Waldingfield & Bures alone. See Babergh
Acton, Great Waldingfield & Bures in brief
The median price paid for a home in Acton, Great Waldingfield & Bures was £355,000 in 2025.
Acton, Great Waldingfield & Bures had 6,121 usual residents at the census.
About 73% of people in Acton, Great Waldingfield & Bures live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Acton, Great Waldingfield & Bures, 80.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.