Crime Rates at Captains Close, Swaffham, PE37 8HQ

Captains Close area has the 5th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Swaffham , and the 41st highest crime rate of 442 local areas in Breckland .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Captains Close (PE37 8HQ) in the last 12 months was 128.1 per 1,000 residents and was 65.2% higher than the Swaffham average (77.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 58.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 140.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Captains Close (PE37 8HQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Norwich Road, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Box'S Lane (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.