Total Crime Rate
552.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
209.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mangate Street area has the highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Swaffham , and the 5th highest crime rate of 442 local areas in Breckland .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Mangate Street (PE37 7QN) in the last 12 months was 552.2 per 1,000 residents and was 612.2% higher than the Swaffham average (77.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 56 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -23.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 56 (≈ 209.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mangate Street (PE37 7QN), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 74 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Swaffham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | White Cross Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White Cross Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Station Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pedlar'S Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Northwell Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pedlar'S Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pedlar'S Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Station Street | Local resolution |
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