Crime Statistics for Runham, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, 2024

Crime statistics for Runham, Great Yarmouth

There were a total of 196 street level crime incidents in Runham 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 Runham, 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 Crime65
Anti Social Behaviour33
Shoplifting33
Criminal Damage Arson20
Public Order16
Other Theft12
Drugs5
Possession Of Weapons3
Other Crime3
Vehicle Crime2
Burglary2
Bicycle Theft1
Theft From The Person1
All Crime196

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 Runham. 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 Runham

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Great Yarmouth (0.88 miles)404
Southtown (1.39 miles)283
Runham196
Cobholm Island (0.62 miles)194
Gorleston-on-Sea (3.16 miles)165
South Denes (2.77 miles)152
Caister-on-Sea (2.56 miles)36
Burgh Castle (3.1 miles)6
Mautby (3.1 miles)1
Filby Heath (3.34 miles)1

23%
of Central and Northgate residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Runham?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Great Yarmouth169
Southtown123
Gorleston-on-Sea81
South Denes74
Cobholm Island68
Runham65
Caister-on-Sea20
Burgh Castle3
Mautby1
Filby Heath1

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

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 Runham 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 Runham compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Central and Northgate92
2Nelson89
3Yarmouth North82
4Southtown and Cobholm69
5St Andrews68
6Claydon67
7Magdalen48
8Gorleston44
9Caister South31
10Bradwell North10
11Caister North10

Which road in Runham has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Runham 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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