Crime Rate in Dereham Withburga, ward

Dereham Withburga has the 13th highest crime rate of 27 wards in Breckland district and the 1731st lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 269th lowest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Dereham Withburga in the last 12 months was 41.3 per 1,000 residents and was 29.3% lower than the Breckland district average (58.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Dereham Withburga’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 133 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 144 (≈ 21.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Dereham Withburga ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 189 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Quebec Street (53 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.