Sudbury South West
WardWest Babergh. About 2,949 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 2.2 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 30% of people in Sudbury South West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Sudbury South West compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Sudbury South West safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Sudbury South West at a rate of 61.3 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, 20 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Sudbury South West.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were violence and sexual offences (58), other crime (9) and criminal damage and arson (8).
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 Sudbury South West alone. See Babergh
Sudbury South West in brief
Sudbury South West had 2,842 usual residents at the census.
About 30% of people in Sudbury South West live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Sudbury South West, 93.4% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Sudbury South West, 2.6% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.