Crime Statistics for Little Melton, Norfolk, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Little Melton in September 2024. There were a total of 26 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Little Melton, 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	14
Public Order	3
Anti Social Behaviour	3
Possession Of Weapons	2
Criminal Damage Arson	1
Other Crime	1
Bicycle Theft	1
Burglary	1
All Crime	26

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 Little Melton. 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 Little Melton

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Earlham (2.23 miles)	288
Bowthorpe (1.96 miles)	146
Bunker’s Hill (2.24 miles)	131
Colney (1.39 miles)	50
Cringleford (1.96 miles)	39
Little Melton	26
Hethersett (1.39 miles)	15
Intwood (2.23 miles)	13
High Green (1.96 miles)	12
Bawburgh (1.39 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Little Melton?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Earlham	244
Bowthorpe	132
Bunker’s Hill	50
Colney	27
Cringleford	15
Little Melton	14
Intwood	9
Hethersett	5
High Green	3
Bawburgh	0

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

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 Little Melton 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 Little Melton compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	University	65
2	Bowthorpe	61
3	Nelson	46
4	Old Costessey	34
5	New Costessey	28
6	Cringleford	24
7	Eaton	24
8	Hethersett	16
9	Easton	13
10	North Wymondham	10
11	Wicklewood	5

Which road in Little Melton has the highest level of crime?

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