Crime Statistics for Doughton, Norfolk, 2024

Crime statistics for Doughton, Doughton

There were a total of 1 street level crime incidents in in January 2024. The largest category was Violent Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Doughton, 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 Crime1
All Crime1

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 Doughton. 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 Doughton

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Hempton (2.48 miles)22
Colkirk (3.1 miles)4
Helhoughton (1.96 miles)1
Tatterford (0.88 miles)1
Tattersett (1.86 miles)1
Doughton1
Dunton (0.62 miles)1
Dunton Patch (0.62 miles)1
Broomsthorpe (1.96 miles)0
South Raynham (3.1 miles)0

4.57%
of Bircham with Rudhams residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Doughton?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Hempton5
Colkirk4
Helhoughton1
Tatterford1
Tattersett1
Doughton1
Dunton1
Dunton Patch1
Broomsthorpe0
South Raynham0

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

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 Doughton 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 Doughton compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Wells with Holkham36
2Lancaster North19
3The Raynhams18
4Lancaster South17
5Hermitage15
6Heacham14
7Priory14
8Stibbard13
9Walsingham7
10Bircham with Rudhams6

Which road in Doughton has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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