Crime Statistics for Caister-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Caister-on-Sea in September 2024. There were a total of 63 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 Caister-on-Sea, 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	39
Anti Social Behaviour	15
Public Order	5
Criminal Damage Arson	3
Shoplifting	1
All Crime	63

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 Caister-on-Sea. 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 Caister-on-Sea

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Great Yarmouth (3.1 miles)	764
Cobholm Island (3.16 miles)	518
Runham (2.56 miles)	274
Caister-on-Sea	58
Newport (2.78 miles)	25
Dowe Hill (2.78 miles)	25
California (1.96 miles)	18
Hemsby (3.62 miles)	17
Mautby (2.48 miles)	2
Filby Heath (1.96 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Caister-on-Sea?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Cobholm Island	409
Great Yarmouth	378
Runham	114
Caister-on-Sea	39
Dowe Hill	19
Newport	13
California	8
Hemsby	8
Mautby	1
Filby Heath	1

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Caister-on-Sea?

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 Caister-on-Sea 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 Caister-on-Sea compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Central and Northgate	92
2	Nelson	89
3	Yarmouth North	82
4	Southtown and Cobholm	69
5	St Andrews	68
6	Claydon	67
7	East Flegg	33
8	Caister South	31
9	Ormesby	19
10	Bradwell North	10
11	Caister North	10

Which road in Caister-on-Sea has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Caister-on-Sea with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Charles Close.