Crime Statistics for Gaywood, Norfolk, 2024

Crime statistics for Gaywood, Gaywood

There were a total of 310 street level crime incidents in Gaywood in January 2024. 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 Gaywood, 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 Crime140
Anti Social Behaviour31
Shoplifting29
Criminal Damage Arson27
Public Order22
Drugs16
Other Crime12
Other Theft10
Possession Of Weapons7
Burglary6
Theft From The Person4
Bicycle Theft3
Vehicle Crime2
Robbery1
All Crime310

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Gaywood. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

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 Gaywood

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Gaywood310
Fairstead (0.88 miles)99
South Wootton (1.39 miles)63
North Wootton (2.56 miles)21
North Runcton (3.17 miles)13
Castle Rising (3.1 miles)12
Saddle Bow (3.62 miles)5
Bawsey (3.16 miles)2
Tower End (2.63 miles)1
Fair Green (2.78 miles)1

17.08%
of Gaywood Chase residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Gaywood?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Gaywood140
Fairstead50
South Wootton29
North Wootton17
Castle Rising11
North Runcton6
Saddle Bow2
Bawsey1
Tower End1
Fair Green1

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

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 Gaywood 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 Gaywood compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Gaywood and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Gaywood is ranked #3.

#WardScore
1North Lynn77
2St. Margaret's with St. Nicholas72
3Gaywood Chase70
4Gaywood Clock68
5Fairstead60
6Springwood46
7South & West Lynn35
8Gaywood North Bank25
9Clenchwarton8
10West Winch8
11The Woottons7

Which road in Gaywood has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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