Attleborough Crime Rate November 2025 | Monthly Statistics

The crime mix in Attleborough during November 2025 reveals a distinct pattern shaped by local dynamics and seasonal factors. With a crime rate of 4.3 per 1,000 residents—41.1% below the UK average—this built-up area within Breckland shows a markedly lower incidence of crime compared to national benchmarks. The most prevalent crime category was violence and sexual offences, accounting for 42.6% of all reported crimes (23 cases), followed by anti-social behaviour (16.7%, 9 cases) and public order offences (13.0%, 7 cases). This distribution suggests a focus on interpersonal disputes and community-level disruptions rather than property crime, which represented only 14.8% of total incidents (12 cases). The seasonal context of November—marked by Bonfire Night, Black Friday shopping, and extended darkness—may have influenced this balance, though the absence of a significant spike in property-related crimes contrasts with typical patterns seen during high-traffic retail periods. Violent crimes remained 30% below the UK average, with a rate of 1.8 per 1,000 compared to the national figure of 2.6. This suggests that while violent incidents are still a concern in Attleborough, their frequency is considerably lower than in other parts of the UK. The relatively low prevalence of burglary (0.3 per 1,000, matching the UK average) and theft (0.3 per 1,000, 41% below the UK average) further reinforces the area's profile as a place where community-based crimes dominate over property-focused offences. This mix aligns with the characteristics of a rural-adjacent built-up area, where social interactions and local tensions may play a more prominent role in shaping crime patterns than the commercial or industrial activity typically associated with higher property crime rates.

November 2025 saw significant fluctuations in crime types across Attleborough, with three categories experiencing sharp increases. Burglary rose by 300% (from 1 to 4 cases), anti-social behaviour surged by 125% (from 4 to 9 cases), and other crime doubled (from 0 to 1 case). These jumps, though small in absolute terms, may signal emerging patterns or temporary disruptions. Conversely, violence and sexual offences decreased by 20.7% (from 29 to 23 cases), and other theft fell by 20% (from 5 to 4 cases). This shift in the crime mix highlights a move away from violent incidents and towards property-related and anti-social offences, which may reflect changes in community activity or local enforcement priorities. The area's violent crime rate of 1.8 per 1,000 is 30% below the UK average, a consistent trend that has likely been reinforced by the 20.7% reduction in November. However, the increase in public order offences (0.6 per 1,000) is 28% above the UK average (0.5 per 1,000), indicating a potential challenge in managing public spaces during the darker, colder evenings of late autumn. For residents, the 300% rise in burglary—a crime type typically associated with rural areas—may warrant closer attention to home security measures, even in a built-up area. This anomaly could be linked to seasonal factors such as Bonfire Night, which may have created opportunities for opportunistic theft.

Attleborough's crime rate in November 2025 remained stable compared to the previous month, with a -1.8% decline from 4.3 to 4.3 per 1,000 residents. This consistency suggests that the area's overall crime profile has not experienced significant short-term shifts, despite the notable fluctuations in specific crime categories. On a daily basis, the area recorded an average of 2 crimes per day over the 30-day period, a figure that provides a tangible sense of the frequency of incidents for local residents. When scaled to the population of 12,699, this equates to one reported crime occurring for roughly every 235 residents over the course of the month—a rate that is significantly lower than the UK average, which would equate to one crime for every 137 residents (based on the 7.3 per 1,000 UK rate). This monthly exposure figure underscores Attleborough's position as a relatively safe area within the UK's broader crime profile. The population-scaled perspective also highlights the disparity in crime rates between Attleborough and the national average, with the built-up area's residents experiencing roughly half the number of crimes per capita compared to the UK as a whole. This contrast is particularly pronounced in categories such as violence and sexual offences, where Attleborough's rate is 30% below the UK average, and anti-social behaviour, which is 34% below the national figure. These comparisons reinforce the idea that Attleborough's built-up area, while not immune to crime, operates within a framework that appears to be more effective at mitigating certain types of criminal activity compared to the average UK locality.