Total Crime Rate

55.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 55.6 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.9 4/10
  • Burglary 6.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Kendle Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Swaffham , and the 126th highest crime rate of 441 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 Kendle Road (PE37 8GU) in the last 12 months was 55.6 per 1,000 residents and was 30.6% lower 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 41.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kendle Road (PE37 8GU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rickwood Drive, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Minnow Close (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Kendle Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
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
Sep 2025Public order Bishy Barny Bee Gardens Under investigation
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Data Sources

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