Poringland Crime Rate January 2024 | Monthly Statistics

Poringland’s crime profile in January 2024 reveals a stark contrast to national trends, with violent crimes dominating the local landscape despite an overall rate 77% below the UK average. The built-up area recorded 14 total crimes, with violence and sexual offences comprising 8 incidents (57.1% of all reports), significantly lower than the UK average of 2.6 per 1,000 (62% below). This anomaly highlights a unique dynamic in Poringland, where violent incidents—though the most common category—remain exceptionally rare compared to the rest of the UK. Property crimes, at 4 incidents, were even further below the UK average for this category (0.6 per 1,000), suggesting a combination of low population density and effective community policing in this rural-adjacent area. Seasonal factors likely play a role: January, a post-holiday period with reduced retail footfall and shorter days, may partly explain the lower property crime rates typically associated with outdoor activity. The breakdown also shows minimal criminal damage (2 incidents) and negligible public order offences (1 incident), consistent with the quiet, low-density character of a built-up area within South Norfolk. These figures illustrate a community where crime remains exceptionally low, though the concentration of violent offences—while still rare—demands attention to local factors that might contribute to such incidents.

January 2024 saw notable shifts in Poringland’s crime mix, with public order and vehicle crime both doubling from zero to one incident each—a 100% increase. This contrasts sharply with the 66.7% decline in other theft (from 3 to 1) and the 50% reduction in anti-social behaviour (from 2 to 1). The most striking finding is the violent crime rate of 1.0 per 1,000, which is 62% below the UK average of 2.6 per 1,000. This disparity suggests that while Poringland experiences a higher proportion of violent crimes relative to other categories (57.1% of total), the absolute numbers remain exceptionally low. The absence of property crime spikes—despite a UK average of 0.6 per 1,000—further underscores the area’s unique profile. For residents, the most immediately relevant insight is the 33.2% drop in the overall crime rate compared to December 2023, reflecting a sustained trend of declining incidents since the previous month. The low frequency of crimes, combined with the dominance of violent offences, indicates a need for targeted local initiatives that address the specific dynamics of this built-up area within a rural district.

Poringland’s crime rate in January 2024 fell to 1.7 per 1,000 residents, a 33.2% decrease from the previous month’s rate of 2.6 per 1,000. This decline positions the area as one of the safest in the UK, with daily crime counts averaging roughly zero incidents over 31 days—a figure that would be nearly impossible to detect in real-time for most residents. On a monthly scale, the 14 reported crimes equate to one incident for every 586 residents, a ratio that highlights the extremely low probability of personal exposure to crime in this built-up area. When compared to the UK average of 7.4 per 1,000, Poringland’s rate is not just lower but strikingly so, reflecting a combination of geographic isolation, small population size, and potentially effective local deterrents. The population-scaled perspective reveals that a resident of Poringland has a 1 in 586 chance of being directly affected by crime in any given month, a statistic that would be rare to find in larger urban centres. This comparative context reinforces the notion that Poringland operates within a crime profile far removed from national trends, where the sheer scale of the UK’s urban centres makes such low rates appear almost anomalous.