Crime Statistics for Rackheath, Broadland, Norfolk, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Rackheath in September 2024. There were a total of 28 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Rackheath, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	11
Anti Social Behaviour	3
Criminal Damage Arson	3
Other Crime	3
Burglary	2
Public Order	2
Possession Of Weapons	2
Other Theft	2
All Crime	28

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Rackheath. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Rackheath

We've taken the ten nearest places to Rackheath and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Rackheath has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Sprowston (2.77 miles)	182
Old Catton (3.16 miles)	159
New Rackheath (0.62 miles)	32
Rackheath	28
Crostwick (2.63 miles)	6
Blofield Heath (2.77 miles)	5
Spixworth (2.77 miles)	4
Great Plumstead (2.24 miles)	4
Salhouse (1.39 miles)	3
Little Plumstead (1.96 miles)	1

Where are the most violent places near Rackheath?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Rackheath and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Sprowston	67
Old Catton	63
New Rackheath	14
Rackheath	11
Crostwick	4
Spixworth	2
Great Plumstead	2
Blofield Heath	1
Salhouse	1
Little Plumstead	0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Rackheath?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Rackheath to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Rackheath compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Rackheath and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Rackheath is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	Crome	70
2	Sewell	68
3	Catton Grove	61
4	Coltishall	27
5	Old Catton and Sprowston West	19
6	Thorpe St Andrew South East	18
7	Thorpe St Andrew North West	18
8	Sprowston Central	18
9	Wroxham	11
10	Plumstead	8
11	Sprowston East	8

Which road in Rackheath has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Rackheath with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around this marker.