Crime Statistics for Runham, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Runham in September 2024. There were a total of 274 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Runham, 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	114
Shoplifting	33
Anti Social Behaviour	32
Public Order	23
Criminal Damage Arson	14
Other Theft	13
Drugs	11
Vehicle Crime	9
Other Crime	7
Possession Of Weapons	4
Theft From The Person	4
Burglary	4
Bicycle Theft	3
Robbery	3
All Crime	274

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 Runham. 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 Runham

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Great Yarmouth (0.88 miles)	764
Cobholm Island (0.62 miles)	518
Southtown (1.39 miles)	313
South Denes (2.77 miles)	286
Runham	274
Gorleston-on-Sea (3.16 miles)	195
Caister-on-Sea (2.56 miles)	58
Burgh Castle (3.1 miles)	16
Mautby (3.1 miles)	2
Filby Heath (3.34 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Runham?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Runham 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
Southtown	139
Runham	114
South Denes	105
Gorleston-on-Sea	79
Caister-on-Sea	39
Burgh Castle	6
Mautby	1
Filby Heath	1

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

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 Runham 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 Runham compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Runham and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Residents in Runham have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Caister North.

#	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	Magdalen	48
8	Gorleston	44
9	Caister South	31
10	Bradwell North	10
11	Caister North	10

Which road in Runham has the highest level of crime?

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