Crime Statistics for South Wootton, Norfolk, September 2019

The aim of this article is to provide a brief overview of street level crime in South Wootton using the latest Police statistics. Police data is usually published two months in arrears, so September 2019 are the latest figures. The data published by the Police are incidents that were reported to them in that month, not the crimes that were prosecuted and/or had further action taken. In by far the majority of incidents, no further action is taken.

There were a total of 71 street level crime incidents in South Wootton in September 2019. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Anti Social Behaviour. Below are these incidents broken down by category.

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	17
Anti Social Behaviour	14
Other Crime	13
Criminal Damage Arson	11
Other Theft	6
Public Order	4
Drugs	3
Bicycle Theft	1
Burglary	1
Shoplifting	1
All Crime	71

Map of street level crime incidents in September 2019

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)	358
Fairstead (1.86 miles)	118
South Wootton	71
North Wootton (1.24 miles)	12
Castle Rising (1.75 miles)	9
Fair Green (3.78 miles)	8
Tower End (3.34 miles)	3
Grimston (4.34 miles)	2
Bawsey (3.1 miles)	1
Ashwicken (4.16 miles)	0

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	124
Fairstead	49
South Wootton	17
Fair Green	4
North Wootton	3
Castle Rising	2
Tower End	1
Grimston	0
Bawsey	0
Ashwicken	0