Crime Rate in Shipdham-with-Scarning, ward

Shipdham-with-Scarning has the 12th lowest crime rate of 27 wards in Breckland district and the 1262nd lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 184th lowest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Shipdham-with-Scarning in the last 12 months was 36.1 per 1,000 residents and was 38.1% lower than the Breckland district average (58.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Shipdham-with-Scarning’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 114 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 3 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 350.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -51.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 133 (≈ 22.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Shipdham-with-Scarning ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Gipsy Lane, with 12 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Redfern Close (8 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.