Total Crime Rate

220.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 220.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 52.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.3 8/10
  • Public order 34.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 34.9 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.3 9/10
  • Other theft 17.4 9/10
  • Theft from the person 5.8 7/10
  • 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
  • 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

High Street area has the highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Sheringham North , and the 9th highest crime rate of 373 local areas in North Norfolk .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (NR26 8JR) in the last 12 months was 220.9 per 1,000 residents and was 213.9% higher than the Sheringham North average (70.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -43.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 87.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (NR26 8JR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Barchams Yard, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wyndham Street
Sep 2025Other theft High Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour West Cliff
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson St Peter'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Melbourne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Barchams Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Barchams Yard Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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