So you are thinking of moving to Cromer in Norfolk? You've found some estate agents and they have told you what you wanted to hear. You've read some speil by a local councillor who says that Cromer is on the up an up? Now it's time for a bit of reality. Cold hard statistics culled from the Police, the Indices of Deprivation and the latest census. Is Cromer the land of milk and honey or are Holt, North Walsham and Sheringham a lot better? Time to find out.
Crime in Cromer
Using the latest Police street crime figures for the month of November 2020 we have compiled a table of the most voilent Policing areas in and around Cromer. Naturally the more urban and more central areas will have a higher rate of crime, but often you can be surprised when that is not the case and that is the area you want to move to.
| Polcing Area | Voilent Crimes |
|---|---|
| Cromer | 35 |
| Beeston Regis | 14 |
| Sheringham | 13 |
| Roughton | 4 |
| Northrepps | 2 |
| Sheringwood | 1 |
| Crossdale Street | 1 |
| Frogshall | 0 |
| Sidestrand | 0 |
| Aylmerton | 0 |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has crime statistics for Cromer. These statitics are published by the government every 2-3 years. They are a measure of how likely you are to be a victim of personal or material crime in an area, such as muggings or burglary. We've collated an average rank for all the Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) in each ward in and around Cromer. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Cromer Town (Best) | 23935/32845 |
| Sheringham North | 24050/32845 |
| Sheringham South | 27617/32845 |
| Mundesley | 27726/32845 |
| Suffield Park | 28414/32845 |
| Bacton | 29970/32845 |
| Gresham | 29980/32845 |
| Roughton | 30266/32845 |
| Beeston Regis & The Runtons | 31235/32845 |
| Poppyland (Worst) | 32335/32845 |
Cromer, supposedly known as 'Gem of the North Norfolk coast' - why?
Your Health in Cromer
If you are thinking of moving to Cromer, you want to know if the place is likely to put you on a downward spiral of ill health. We've taken the healh question from the latest census to find out and how Cromer compares to its neighbouring local authorities. People were asked to rate their current health from very bad to very good;
| Local Authority | Very Bad | Bad | Fair | Good | Very Good |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norwich | 1.24% | 4.42% | 14.05% | 35.42% | 44.87% |
| Great Yarmouth | 1.63% | 5.48% | 16.58% | 36.01% | 40.3% |
| North Norfolk (Cromer) | 1.39% | 4.77% | 17.15% | 37.77% | 38.92% |
| Broadland | 1.08% | 3.61% | 14.02% | 36.99% | 44.3% |
The English Indices of Deprivation also has health statistics for Cromer. They measures the risk of premature death and the impairment of quality of life through poor physical or mental health, lovely! We've collated an average rank for all the Lower Super Output Areas (LSOA) in each ward in and around Cromer. The table below shows ten wards in this area, from the best to the worst;
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Suffield Park (Best) | 10904/32845 |
| Bacton | 14369/32845 |
| Sheringham North | 15059/32845 |
| Beeston Regis & The Runtons | 16035/32845 |
| Sheringham South | 18236/32845 |
| Poppyland | 18861/32845 |
| Gresham | 21081/32845 |
| Roughton | 21669/32845 |
| Cromer Town | 8840/32845 |
| Mundesley (Worst) | 9317/32845 |
Great Yarmouth - A museum of bleakness and decay
Deprivation in Cromer
Using the English Indices of Deprivation statistics, we've collated the average Index of Multiple Deprivation rank of all the LSOAs in the wards in and around Cromer. In layman's terms, this is how rough the ward is based on mutiple measures of deprivation including; employment, income, health, crime, housing and outside space.
| Ward | Average rank in England |
|---|---|
| Cromer Town (Best) | 11370/32845 |
| Mundesley | 11641/32845 |
| Poppyland | 11959/32845 |
| Gresham | 13499/32845 |
| Roughton | 14039/32845 |
| Suffield Park | 14814/32845 |
| Beeston Regis & The Runtons | 16369/32845 |
| Sheringham North | 16828/32845 |
| Sheringham South | 17758/32845 |
| Bacton (Worst) | 9422/32845 |
Great Yarmouth – A museum of bleakness and decay
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Cromer, supposedly known as ‘Gem of the North Norfolk coast’ – why?
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Dereham – More like Drearam. Stay away if you’re not a local
Watton – Most Boring Town Ever
Thetford is very, very scary
Pretty Far from ‘Great’ Yarmouth
Diss, at least it sounds like a nice place