Crime Statistics for Besthorpe, Breckland, Norfolk, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Besthorpe in October 2024. There were a total of 34 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Besthorpe, 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 CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime10
Criminal Damage Arson8
Other Crime4
Drugs4
Public Order4
Other Theft4
All Crime34

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Besthorpe. 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 Besthorpe

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Attleborough (1.24 miles)57
Fiddlers’ Green (1.39 miles)27
Besthorpe18
Morley St Botolph (2.56 miles)4
Highoak (3.17 miles)4
Burgh Common (0.62 miles)2
Spooner Row (2.23 miles)2
Ragmere (3.1 miles)2
Stacksford (3.17 miles)1
Old Buckenham (2.48 miles)1

8.52%
of Attleborough Queens & Besthorpe residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Besthorpe?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Attleborough18
Fiddlers’ Green11
Besthorpe10
Morley St Botolph3
Highoak3
Spooner Row2
Burgh Common1
Ragmere1
Stacksford1
Old Buckenham0

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

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 Besthorpe 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 Besthorpe compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Besthorpe and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Besthorpe is ranked #6.

#WardScore
1All Saints & Wayland23
2South Wymondham20
3The Buckenhams & Banham19
4Central Wymondham17
5Forncett17
6Attleborough Queens & Besthorpe14
7Attleborough Burgh & Haverscroft11
8North Wymondham10
9Hingham & Deopham9
10Bunwell6
11Wicklewood5

Which road in Besthorpe has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: October 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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