Crime Rate in New Costessey, ward

New Costessey has the 6th highest crime rate of 26 wards in South Norfolk district and the 3541st lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 396th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in New Costessey in the last 12 months was 61.1 per 1,000 residents and was 21.7% higher than the South Norfolk district average (50.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, New Costessey’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 151 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 233.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -51.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 176 (≈ 27.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the New Costessey ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 46 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Petrol Station (14 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.