Crime Statistics for South Wootton, Norfolk, 2024

There were a total of 96 street level crime incidents in South Wootton in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Public Order.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in South Wootton, 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	35
Public Order	13
Criminal Damage Arson	12
Anti Social Behaviour	7
Shoplifting	6
Other Theft	6
Other Crime	6
Burglary	5
Drugs	5
Vehicle Crime	1
All Crime	96

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes South Wootton. 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 South Wootton

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Gaywood (1.39 miles)	353
South Wootton	96
Fairstead (1.86 miles)	93
North Wootton (1.24 miles)	15
Castle Rising (1.75 miles)	8
Bawsey (3.1 miles)	4
Grimston (4.34 miles)	2
Tower End (3.34 miles)	1
Fair Green (3.78 miles)	1
Ashwicken (4.16 miles)	0

Where are the most violent places near South Wootton?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
Gaywood	127
South Wootton	35
Fairstead	34
North Wootton	8
Castle Rising	4
Bawsey	3
Grimston	2
Tower End	1
Fair Green	1
Ashwicken	0

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

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 South Wootton 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 South Wootton compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to South Wootton and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. South Wootton is ranked #8.

#	Ward	Score
1	North Lynn	77
2	St. Margaret's with St. Nicholas	72
3	Gaywood Chase	70
4	Gaywood Clock	68
5	Fairstead	60
6	Springwood	46
7	South & West Lynn	35
8	Gaywood North Bank	25
9	Gayton & Grimston	15
10	West Winch	8
11	The Woottons	7

Which road in South Wootton has the highest level of crime?

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