Total Crime Rate

84.0 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 84.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.1 7/10
  • Public order 11.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.8 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Buttercup Drive area has the 10th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Swaffham , and the 71st highest crime rate of 441 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 Buttercup Drive (PE37 8FL) in the last 12 months was 84.0 per 1,000 residents and was 4.8% higher than the Swaffham average (80.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 57.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Buttercup Drive (PE37 8FL), the main crime hotspot is near Kestrel Close. Police recorded 15 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Buttercup Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Salhouse Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Brandon Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Public order Buttercup Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Clover Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fieldfare Way —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Drake Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sedge Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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