Crime Statistics for Fiddlers’ Green, Breckland, Norfolk, 2024

Crime statistics for Fiddlers’ Green, Breckland

There were a total of 38 street level crime incidents in Fiddlers’ Green 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 Fiddlers’ Green, 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 Crime21
Anti Social Behaviour4
Shoplifting3
Burglary2
Other Crime2
Criminal Damage Arson2
Theft From The Person1
Other Theft1
Drugs1
Public Order1
All Crime38

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 Fiddlers’ Green. 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 Fiddlers’ Green

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Attleborough (0.62 miles)45
Fiddlers’ Green38
Besthorpe (1.39 miles)21
Burgh Common (1.75 miles)3
Old Buckenham (3.34 miles)3
Morley St Botolph (2.63 miles)1
Spooner Row (3.16 miles)1
Highoak (3.1 miles)1
Little Ellingham (3.1 miles)0
Anchor Corner (2.77 miles)0

10.3%
of Attleborough Burgh & Haverscroft residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Fiddlers’ Green?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Attleborough24
Fiddlers’ Green21
Besthorpe14
Old Buckenham3
Burgh Common2
Morley St Botolph1
Highoak1
Spooner Row0
Little Ellingham0
Anchor Corner0

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Fiddlers’ Green?

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 Fiddlers’ Green 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 Fiddlers’ Green compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Fiddlers’ Green and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Fiddlers’ Green is ranked #8.

#WardScore
1Saham Toney27
2All Saints & Wayland23
3South Wymondham20
4The Buckenhams & Banham19
5Central Wymondham17
6Shipdham-with-Scarning15
7Attleborough Queens & Besthorpe14
8Attleborough Burgh & Haverscroft11
9North Wymondham10
10Hingham & Deopham9
11Wicklewood5

Which road in Fiddlers’ Green has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: February 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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