Crime Statistics for Sidestrand, Norfolk, 2024

Crime statistics for Sidestrand, Sidestrand

There were a total of 2 street level crime incidents in Sidestrand in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Sidestrand, 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 Crime1
Criminal Damage Arson1
All Crime2

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 Sidestrand. 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 Sidestrand

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

LocationCrime Incidents
Cromer (3.61 miles)32
Northrepps (1.24 miles)8
Knapton (3.97 miles)5
Frogshall (0.88 miles)4
Trunch (3.34 miles)4
Southrepps (1.96 miles)3
Sidestrand2
Roughton (3.34 miles)2
Crossdale Street (2.48 miles)1
Lower Street (2.48 miles)0

4.11%
of Poppyland residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Sidestrand?

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

LocationViolent Incidents
Cromer13
Northrepps7
Frogshall2
Trunch1
Southrepps1
Sidestrand1
Crossdale Street1
Knapton0
Roughton0
Lower Street0

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

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 Sidestrand 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 Sidestrand compare to surrounding wards?

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

#WardScore
1Cromer Town26
2North Walsham Market Cross21
3North Walsham East17
4Sheringham South15
5Mundesley15
6Suffield Park13
7North Walsham West12
8Bacton8
9Roughton7
10Beeston Regis & The Runtons4
11Poppyland1

Which road in Sidestrand has the highest level of crime?

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

Last updated: January 2024
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