Crime Statistics for Mile Cross, Norwich, Norfolk, 2024

Crime statistics for Mile Cross, Norwich

There were a total of 277 street level crime incidents in Mile Cross 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 Mile Cross, 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 Crime107
Anti Social Behaviour39
Public Order27
Criminal Damage Arson26
Shoplifting22
Other Theft13
Burglary11
Possession Of Weapons7
Vehicle Crime7
Robbery5
Bicycle Theft5
Other Crime4
Drugs3
Theft From The Person1
All Crime277

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 Mile Cross. 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 Mile Cross

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Norwich (1.75 miles)755
New Catton (1.24 miles)662
Mile Cross277
New Sprowston (1.39 miles)274
Sprowston (1.96 miles)180
New Costessey (1.86 miles)170
Earlham (1.75 miles)169
Bunker’s Hill (1.96 miles)149
Old Catton (1.75 miles)149
Hellesdon (1.39 miles)89

17.43%
of Mile Cross residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Mile Cross?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
New Catton247
Norwich242
New Sprowston108
Mile Cross107
New Costessey85
Bunker’s Hill77
Sprowston75
Earlham66
Old Catton64
Hellesdon31

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

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 Mile Cross 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 Mile Cross compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Mile Cross and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Residents in Mile Cross have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Hellesdon North West.

#WardScore
1Mile Cross83
2Mancroft81
3Wensum76
4Sewell68
5University65
6Bowthorpe61
7Nelson46
8New Costessey28
9Hellesdon South East27
10Eaton24
11Hellesdon North West17

Which road in Mile Cross has the highest level of crime?

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

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