Photo: David from Colorado Springs, United States · CC BY 2.0Crime per resident in Blofield runs lower than in 71% of UK towns
From September 2023 to August 2026, crimes police recorded inside Blofield’s built-up area put it at B+ for safety: #15 of 51 in Norfolk.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Blofield
Less crime than many places its size
Of 856 UK towns of 2,000 to 4,000 people, Blofield has the 283rd lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Bignall End, Timsbury and Reepham, higher than Aspley Guise, Coleford and Holton le Clay. Towns its size ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
Blofield grades B+ for safety
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
A fairly firm grade. Built on 195 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Blofield against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
How Blofield’s neighbourhoods rank in England
Blofield’s residents by the crime decile of their neighbourhood (LSOA, about 1,500 people) in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (crime domain), where 1 is the highest-crime 10% of England’s neighbourhoods and 10 the lowest.
54% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of England’s neighbourhoods, and 0% in the highest-crime 20%. The crime domain scores the risk of violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage where people live, so it can read differently from the town-wide rate, which counts crimes where they happened.
Blofield is 283rd of 856 UK towns of 2,000 to 4,000
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Blofield, and others in Norfolk.
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richhill Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | 2,738 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 3 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 26 | Mulbarton Norfolk | 3,807 | 9.5 | 2.7 | 4 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 39 | Marham Norfolk | 2,608 | 12 | 2.2 | 1.8 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 46 | Spixworth Norfolk | 3,418 | 11.1 | 3.6 | 2.8 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 53 | Snettisham Norfolk | 2,709 | 12.2 | 2.8 | 1.5 | A |
| … | ||||||
| 280 | Aspley Guise Bedfordshire | 2,114 | 8.4 | 15.9 | 4.3 | B+ |
| 281 | Coleford Somerset | 2,235 | 17.5 | 6.9 | 5.1 | B+ |
| 282 | Holton le Clay Lincolnshire | 3,823 | 17.3 | 7.1 | 3.9 | B+ |
| 283 | Blofield Norfolk | 2,667 | 18.9 | 5.5 | 4.4 | B+ |
| 284 | Woodcote Oxfordshire | 2,198 | 17.4 | 7 | 7.7 | B+ |
| 285 | Lower Kingswood Surrey | 2,029 | 16.8 | 7.7 | 9.5 | B+ |
| 286 | Skellingthorpe Lincolnshire | 3,116 | 16.8 | 7.7 | 4.4 | B+ |
| … | ||||||
| 856 | Eastchurch Kent | 3,381 | 132 | 13.9 | 3.5 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
For every 1,000 residents, about 19 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026
And about 5 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 3 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
Violence & sexual offences and anti-social behaviour sit below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 50 | 18.7 | 22.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 19 | 7.1 | 8.8 |
| Public order | not graded | 10 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 8 | 3 | 4.5 |
| Other theft | not graded | 7 | 2.6 | 3.2 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 5 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| Drugs | not graded | 5 | 1.9 | 1 |
| Other crime | not graded | 3 | 1.1 | 1.5 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 2 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 1 | 0.4 | 1.8 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 1 | 0.4 | 2 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0.1 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
Violent crime held steady over the year
Rolling twelve-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year (longer windows for smaller places, where a few crimes swing a month). In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent +0% (towns its size +1%).
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
One person died in collisions on Blofield’s roads in 2021–2025
Collisions police recorded inside Blofield’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Police recorded 6 collisions with injuries inside Blofield in five years, in which one person died. 8 people were killed or seriously injured: 0 on foot and 0 on a bicycle.
Most UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people (81%) had no road deaths in these five years, so with numbers this small a single collision changes the picture; Blofield’s one death is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Blofield’s size at the median for UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people would see about 2 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Blofield had 8.
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Crime in the places around Blofield
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blofield | 2,667 | 18.9 | 5.5 | B+ |
| Brundall | 4,378 | 14.2 | 2.9 | A |
| Blofield Heath | 1,430 | 12.4 | 2.3 | A |
| Little Plumstead | 1,915 | 19.2 | 5.4 | B+ |
| Lingwood | 2,368 | 17.7 | 7.7 | B+ |
| Salhouse | 1,431 | 10.3 | 2.6 | A+ |
| Rackheath | 1,761 | 46.9 | 11.7 | D |
| Thorpe End | 1,173 | 11.1 | 2.6 | A+ |
Blofield records more graded crime per resident than 4 of its 7 neighbours. Brundall, 1 miles away, records 14.2 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Blofield’s 18.9.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Blofield sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Blofield
Is Blofield safe?
Police recorded 18.9 violent and sexual offences and 5.5 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Blofield’s built-up area). That earns a B+ for safety: less crime per resident than 71% of UK towns. Among 856 UK towns of 2,000 to 4,000 people, Blofield is 283rd from the least crime.
Is crime going up in Blofield?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime held steady, burglary, vehicle crime and damage rose 56%, shoplifting and theft fell 27% and anti-social behaviour rose 36%. Across UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Blofield?
Violence & sexual offences: 50 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came public order (10) and criminal damage & arson (8), with 19 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Blofield compare with Norwich?
Norwich records 42.7 violent and sexual offences and 14.8 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Blofield’s 18.9 and 5.5, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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