Crime Statistics for Besthorpe, Breckland, Norfolk, 2024

There were a total of 21 street level crime incidents in Besthorpe in February 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 Besthorpe, 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	14
Criminal Damage Arson	2
Anti Social Behaviour	2
Drugs	1
Other Theft	1
Shoplifting	1
All Crime	21

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 Besthorpe. 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 Besthorpe

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Attleborough (1.24 miles)	45
Fiddlers’ Green (1.39 miles)	38
Besthorpe	21
Ragmere (3.1 miles)	4
Burgh Common (0.62 miles)	3
Old Buckenham (2.48 miles)	3
Morley St Botolph (2.56 miles)	1
Spooner Row (2.23 miles)	1
Highoak (3.17 miles)	1
Stacksford (3.17 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Besthorpe?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Attleborough	24
Fiddlers’ Green	21
Besthorpe	14
Ragmere	4
Old Buckenham	3
Burgh Common	2
Morley St Botolph	1
Highoak	1
Spooner Row	0
Stacksford	0

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

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 Besthorpe 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 Besthorpe compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Besthorpe and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Besthorpe is ranked #6.

#	Ward	Score
1	All Saints & Wayland	23
2	South Wymondham	20
3	The Buckenhams & Banham	19
4	Central Wymondham	17
5	Forncett	17
6	Attleborough Queens & Besthorpe	14
7	Attleborough Burgh & Haverscroft	11
8	North Wymondham	10
9	Hingham & Deopham	9
10	Bunwell	6
11	Wicklewood	5

Which road in Besthorpe has the highest level of crime?

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