East Bergholt
WardSouth east Babergh. About 2,738 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 13 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 32% of people in East Bergholt live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How East Bergholt compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is East Bergholt safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in East Bergholt at a rate of 40.7 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, 5 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in East Bergholt.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (61), other crime (23) and criminal damage and arson (19).
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 ward, so they describe all of Babergh and not East Bergholt alone. See Babergh
East Bergholt in brief
East Bergholt had 2,723 usual residents at the census.
About 32% of people in East Bergholt live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In East Bergholt, 93.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In East Bergholt, 2.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.