Crime Rates at High Street, Dereham, NR19 1TS

High Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 63 local areas in Dereham Neatherd , and the 8th highest crime rate of 442 local areas in Breckland .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (NR19 1TS) in the last 12 months was 355.7 per 1,000 residents and was 178.0% higher than the Dereham Neatherd average (128.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 154.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (NR19 1TS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 159 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Nicholas Street (66 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.