Crime Statistics for Burgh Castle, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, 2024

There were a total of 26 street level crime incidents in Burgh Castle in March 2024. 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 Burgh Castle, 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	9
Criminal Damage Arson	4
Other Theft	3
Burglary	2
Possession Of Weapons	2
Anti Social Behaviour	2
Vehicle Crime	2
Public Order	1
Drugs	1
All Crime	26

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

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

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Great Yarmouth (3.1 miles)	468
Southtown (2.77 miles)	300
Runham (3.1 miles)	241
Cobholm Island (2.63 miles)	228
Gorleston-on-Sea (2.55 miles)	149
South Denes (3.1 miles)	143
Burgh Castle	26
Belton (1.24 miles)	19
Bunker’s Hill (2.78 miles)	2
Cuckoo Green (3.62 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Burgh Castle?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Great Yarmouth	206
Southtown	136
Cobholm Island	98
Runham	96
Gorleston-on-Sea	67
South Denes	56
Burgh Castle	9
Belton	6
Cuckoo Green	2
Bunker’s Hill	1

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

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 Burgh Castle 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 Burgh Castle compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Burgh Castle and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Burgh Castle is ranked #9.

#	Ward	Score
1	Nelson	89
2	Southtown and Cobholm	69
3	St Andrews	68
4	Claydon	67
5	Magdalen	48
6	Lothingland	45
7	Gorleston	44
8	Bradwell South and Hopton	36
9	Lothingland	32
10	Thurlton	22
11	Bradwell North	10

Which road in Burgh Castle has the highest level of crime?

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