Crime Statistics for Long John’s Hill, Norwich, Norfolk, 2024

There were a total of 98 street level crime incidents in Long John’s Hill in February 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 Long John’s Hill, 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	33
Anti Social Behaviour	17
Shoplifting	12
Criminal Damage Arson	11
Other Crime	6
Drugs	4
Public Order	4
Other Theft	3
Theft From The Person	2
Vehicle Crime	2
Possession Of Weapons	2
Burglary	2
All Crime	98

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Long John’s Hill. 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 Long John’s Hill

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Norwich (1.24 miles)	702
New Catton (2.48 miles)	637
Lakenham (0.62 miles)	393
Long John’s Hill	98
Eaton (1.24 miles)	61
Cringleford (2.55 miles)	13
Intwood (2.77 miles)	4
Arminghall (1.75 miles)	4
Caistor St Edmund (1.86 miles)	3
Dunston (2.56 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near Long John’s Hill?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
New Catton	236
Norwich	221
Lakenham	118
Long John’s Hill	33
Eaton	11
Cringleford	4
Arminghall	3
Intwood	2
Caistor St Edmund	2
Dunston	1

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Long John’s Hill?

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 Long John’s Hill 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 Long John’s Hill compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Long John’s Hill and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Resident in Long John’s Hill have the lowest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Mancroft.

#	Ward	Score
1	Mancroft	81
2	Wensum	76
3	Thorpe Hamlet	72
4	University	65
5	Lakenham	55
6	Town Close	47
7	Nelson	46
8	Cringleford	24
9	Eaton	24
10	Thorpe St Andrew South East	18
11	Poringland, Framinghams & Trowse	11

Which road in Long John’s Hill has the highest level of crime?

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