Crime Statistics for Little Plumstead, Broadland, Norfolk, 2024

Crime statistics for Little Plumstead, Broadland

There were a total of 10 street level crime incidents in Little Plumstead in January 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 Little Plumstead, 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 Crime5
Anti Social Behaviour2
Other Crime1
Drugs1
Criminal Damage Arson1
All Crime10

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 Little Plumstead. 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 Little Plumstead

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Blofield (2.24 miles)28
New Rackheath (1.86 miles)16
Blofield Heath (0.88 miles)15
Rackheath (1.96 miles)13
Hemblington Corner (1.39 miles)12
Great Plumstead (1.39 miles)12
Little Plumstead10
Hemblington (1.96 miles)6
Salhouse (1.39 miles)2
Pedham (1.24 miles)0

6.33%
of Plumstead residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Little Plumstead?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Blofield12
New Rackheath8
Rackheath7
Blofield Heath5
Great Plumstead5
Little Plumstead5
Hemblington Corner4
Hemblington2
Salhouse2
Pedham0

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

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 Little Plumstead 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 Little Plumstead compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Little Plumstead and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Little Plumstead is ranked #7.

#WardScore
1Crome70
2Coltishall27
3Old Catton and Sprowston West19
4Thorpe St Andrew North West18
5Sprowston Central18
6Wroxham11
7Plumstead8
8Blofield with South Walsham8
9Sprowston East8
10St. Benet's7
11Burlingham2

Which road in Little Plumstead has the highest level of crime?

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

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