Crime Statistics for Sprowston, Norwich, Norfolk, 2024

There were a total of 200 street level crime incidents in Sprowston in February 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 Sprowston, 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	85
Criminal Damage Arson	27
Shoplifting	16
Anti Social Behaviour	13
Public Order	12
Other Theft	11
Other Crime	11
Vehicle Crime	7
Burglary	6
Possession Of Weapons	4
Drugs	4
Robbery	2
Bicycle Theft	1
Theft From The Person	1
All Crime	200

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 Sprowston. 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 Sprowston

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

Location	Crime Incidents
Norwich (1.96 miles)	702
New Catton (0.88 miles)	637
Lakenham (2.56 miles)	393
Mile Cross (1.96 miles)	278
New Sprowston (0.62 miles)	249
Sprowston	200
Old Catton (0.88 miles)	134
Hellesdon (2.55 miles)	72
New Rackheath (2.55 miles)	20
Spixworth (2.48 miles)	5

Where are the most violent places near Sprowston?

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

Location	Violent Incidents
New Catton	236
Norwich	221
Lakenham	118
Mile Cross	101
New Sprowston	97
Sprowston	85
Old Catton	53
Hellesdon	30
New Rackheath	13
Spixworth	3

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

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 Sprowston 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 Sprowston compare to surrounding wards?

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

#	Ward	Score
1	Mile Cross	83
2	Mancroft	81
3	Wensum	76
4	Thorpe Hamlet	72
5	Crome	70
6	Sewell	68
7	Catton Grove	61
8	Old Catton and Sprowston West	19
9	Thorpe St Andrew South East	18
10	Thorpe St Andrew North West	18
11	Sprowston East	8

Which road in Sprowston has the highest level of crime?

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