Photo: David from Colorado Springs, United States · CC BY 2.0Griston records public order at 3.9 times the rate of a typical town its size
Weighing it all, Griston earns C− for safety, with more crime per resident than 81% of UK towns, on crimes police recorded inside its built-up area over September 2023 to August 2026. Violence recorded locally dropped 12% in a year. Police recorded 13 cases of public order here in the 12 months to August 2026, a rate of 9.6 per 1,000 against a typical 2.4.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Griston
Violent crime fell over the year
In the 12 months to August 2026 police recorded 12% less violent crime per resident in Griston than in the year before; across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people violent crime held steady. Trend ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
The grade: C− for Griston
A fairly firm grade. Built on 214 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Griston against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Griston runs highest on other crime (19.8 per 1,000 against 1.1), public order (9.6 per 1,000 against 2.4) and violence & sexual offences (51.4 per 1,000 against 16.6).
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 70 | 51.4 | 16.6 |
| Other crime | not graded | 27 | 19.8 | 1.1 |
| Public order | not graded | 13 | 9.6 | 2.4 |
| Drugs | not graded | 8 | 5.9 | 0.6 |
| Other theft | not graded | 1 | 0.7 | 2.5 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 1 | 0.7 | 1.5 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 1 | 0.7 | 0 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 1 | 0.7 | 5.3 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 0 | 0 | 3.2 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 0 | 0 | 1.6 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | Violent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 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.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people.
How Griston compares with UK towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clipsham Rutland | 1,150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 42 | Besthorpe Norfolk | 1,007 | 7.3 | 2.3 | 3.3 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 109 | Salhouse Norfolk | 1,431 | 10.3 | 2.6 | 2.8 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 126 | Thorpe End Norfolk | 1,173 | 11.1 | 2.6 | 1.4 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 141 | Mundford Norfolk | 1,563 | 10.2 | 3.8 | 2.1 | A+ |
| … | ||||||
| 1119 | Bottom Boat West Yorkshire | 1,191 | 38.3 | 13.7 | 7.8 | C− |
| 1120 | Wolvercote Oxfordshire | 1,328 | 36.7 | 15.6 | 8.3 | C− |
| 1121 | New Quay Dyfed | 1,046 | 39.4 | 12.9 | 4.7 | C− |
| 1122 | Griston Norfolk | 1,361 | 49 | 3.4 | 1.5 | C− |
| 1123 | Longrock Cornwall | 1,983 | 38.3 | 14.1 | 26.8 | C− |
| 1124 | Easton Norfolk | 1,436 | 43.4 | 9.1 | 7 | C− |
| 1125 | Capel Hendre Dyfed | 1,143 | 42 | 10.8 | 4.9 | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 1214 | Ingoldmells Lincolnshire | 1,928 | 259 | 64.7 | 57.2 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Griston, and others in Norfolk.
How crime in Griston has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
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 -12% (towns its size +3%).
For every 1,000 residents, about 52 violent and sexual offences in the 12 months to August 2026
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 1 burglary, vehicle crime or act of criminal damage, plus 1 shoplifting and theft report, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
No one died in a collision on Griston’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 0 collisions with injuries inside Griston in five years. 0 people were killed or seriously injured.
Most UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people (94%) had no road deaths in these five years, and Griston is one of them.
Counting serious injuries too, a town of Griston’s size at the median for UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people would see about 1 people killed or seriously injured in five years; Griston had 0.
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.
Collisions police recorded inside Griston’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Griston
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Griston | 1,361 | 49 | 3.4 | C− |
| Watton | 11,549 | 28.1 | 7.1 | C+ |
| Saham Toney | 1,287 | 11.7 | 4.4 | A |
| Ashill | 1,252 | 24.5 | 4 | B |
| Shipdham | 2,459 | 15.2 | 4.1 | A− |
| Hingham | 2,304 | 18.1 | 4.8 | A− |
| Attleborough | 11,236 | 26.1 | 5.8 | B− |
| Necton | 1,742 | 13.4 | 4.8 | A |
Griston records more graded crime per resident than every neighbour in the table. Watton, 1.6 miles away, records 28.1 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Griston’s 49.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
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 Griston 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 Griston
Is Griston safe?
Police recorded 49 violent and sexual offences and 3.4 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Griston’s built-up area). That earns a C− for safety: less crime per resident than 19% of UK towns. Among UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, Griston has less crime per resident than 8%.
Is crime going up in Griston?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime fell 12%, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 90%, shoplifting and theft fell 50% and anti-social behaviour fell 67%. Across UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Griston?
Violence & sexual offences: 70 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came other crime (27) and public order (13), with 1 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Griston compare with Thetford?
Thetford records 43.9 violent and sexual offences and 15.7 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Griston’s 49 and 3.4, 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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