Total Crime Rate

41.8 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 41.8 4/10
  • Shoplifting 20.9 7/10
  • Public order 8.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.2 3/10
  • Other theft 4.2 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 4.2 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wilderness Lane area has the 13th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Beck Vale, Dickleburgh & Scole , and the 152nd highest crime rate of 430 local areas in South Norfolk .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wilderness Lane (IP20 9DD) in the last 12 months was 41.8 per 1,000 residents and was 39.5% higher than the Beck Vale, Dickleburgh & Scole average (30.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 12.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wilderness Lane (IP20 9DD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Malthouse Court, where police recorded 11 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Old Chapel Yard (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wilderness Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Chapel Yard Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Frere Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Frere Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Malthouse Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Malthouse Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Malthouse Court Under investigation
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Data Sources

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