Crime Statistics for St John’s Highway, Norfolk, 2024

There were a total of 2 street level crime incidents in in March 2024. The largest category was Violent Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in St John’s Highway, 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	2
All Crime	2

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 St John’s Highway. 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 St John’s Highway

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Walton Highway (2.24 miles)	6
Tilney St Lawrence (1.39 miles)	5
Terrington St John (0.62 miles)	5
Ratten Row (0.88 miles)	3
Walpole Highway (0.88 miles)	3
Wash Dyke (1.75 miles)	2
St John’s Fen End (1.96 miles)	2
St John’s Highway	2
Church End (0.88 miles)	2
Walpole St Peter (1.75 miles)	2

Where are the most violent places near St John’s Highway?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Terrington St John	4
Walton Highway	3
Tilney St Lawrence	3
Ratten Row	3
Walpole Highway	3
St John’s Highway	2
Church End	2
Wash Dyke	0
St John’s Fen End	0
Walpole St Peter	0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in St John’s Highway?

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 St John’s Highway 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 St John’s Highway compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Clarkson	83
2	Peckover	83
3	Medworth	79
4	Octavia Hill	69
5	Staithe	64
6	Waterlees Village	54
7	Walsoken, West Walton & Walpole	51
8	Roman Bank	48
9	Tilney, Mershe Lande & Wiggenhall	17
10	Terrington	12

Which road in St John’s Highway has the highest level of crime?

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