Crime Statistics for Needham, Norfolk, 2024

There were a total of 2 street level crime incidents in in January 2024. The largest category was Violent Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Needham, 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	2
All Crime	2

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 Needham. 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 Needham

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Harleston (1.75 miles)	12
Redenhall (3.1 miles)	6
Brockdish (1.75 miles)	6
Earsham Street (1.96 miles)	4
Battlesea Green (3.72 miles)	2
Syleham (1.96 miles)	2
Needham	2
Garlic Street (1.39 miles)	0
Rushall (1.96 miles)	0
Fressingfield (3.51 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near Needham?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Harleston	7
Brockdish	3
Redenhall	2
Needham	2
Earsham Street	0
Battlesea Green	0
Syleham	0
Garlic Street	0
Rushall	0
Fressingfield	0

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

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 Needham 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 Needham compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Bungay & Wainford	34
2	Diss & Roydon	30
3	Ditchingham & Earsham	24
4	Harleston	20
5	Bressingham & Burston	18
6	Kelsale & Yoxford	18
7	Beck Vale, Dickleburgh & Scole	15
8	Eye	15
9	Bunwell	6
10	Fressingfield	5
11	Hoxne & Worlingworth	5

Which road in Needham has the highest level of crime?

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