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Breckland crime rate and statistics (council area)
Updated October 2026.
Police published 8,529 street-crime records for the Breckland council area from September 2025 to August 2026. That is 4.5% more than in the 12 months before. The rate is 60.3 per 1,000 residents counted in the Census 2021, against 74.3 for Norfolk Constabulary. A residents-only rate reads high where many people visit. Police locations are approximate.
These figures cover the whole area Breckland council runs. Its boundary can differ from the place people call Breckland: it can take in other towns and villages, and part of a town can sit in a neighbouring council area.
September 2025 to August 2026. Street-crime records include anti-social behaviour.
Street-crime records
8,529
Latest month (August 2026)
754
Year-on-year
+4.5%
Month-by-month totals
8900
666
Sep
703
Oct
674
Nov
669
Dec
632
Jan
589
Feb
702
Mar
741
Apr
704
May
805
Jun
890
Jul
754
Aug
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Month
Street-crime records
September 2025
666
October 2025
703
November 2025
674
December 2025
669
January 2026
632
February 2026
589
March 2026
702
April 2026
741
May 2026
704
June 2026
805
July 2026
890
August 2026
754
Street-crime records per 1,000 residents
Published street-crime records (including anti-social behaviour), September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 usual residents in the Census 2021.
Breckland council area
60.3
Norfolk Constabulary
74.3
Residents are the Census 2021 usual residents of every postcode the ONS Postcode Directory places in this council area, added up by CrimeMapsUK from the census postcode counts. Records are assigned through the same postcodes, so both numbers cover the same ground. The total can differ slightly from the council's official population.
8,529 records and 141,398 residents. Residents-only rates overstate crime where many people visit who do not live there, such as city centres, stations, and retail parks. Residents are counted at March 2021 while records are current, so areas with many newer homes can read higher.
No England and Wales comparison is shown, because not every force involved has published every month of this window.
Rates cover England and Wales only. Residents: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021 postcode estimates, Open Government Licence v3.0. How rates are built.
Top crime categories
Share of the Breckland council area's records in the same trailing window. The black line on each bar marks the England and Wales share for the same months.
Violence and sexual offences44.5%
3,795 records · England and Wales 35.5%
Anti-social behaviour13.5%
1,151 records · England and Wales 15.7%
Criminal damage and arson8.6%
737 records · England and Wales 7.0%
Public order6.6%
564 records · England and Wales 6.9%
Shoplifting6.2%
532 records · England and Wales 8.7%
Other theft6.2%
532 records · England and Wales 6.7%
Other crime3.4%
292 records · England and Wales 2.2%
Drugs3.3%
281 records · England and Wales 3.4%
Where records cluster in the Breckland council area
Held back: the Breckland council area's postcodes spread so far that even the crime map's zoomed-out hexagons would draw too small on a phone to read as areas. Explore the Breckland council area on the crime map.
Year by year
Calendar-year totals for the Breckland council area (December 2013 to August 2026).
A council area follows the council's boundary (ONS local authority district E07000143), which can differ from the place people call Breckland.
Published locations are approximate, and each record counts for the council area of its nearest postcode, using the council codes in the ONS Postcode Directory. Counts near the boundary are indicative.
These are counts of published police records, not all crime, and not a safety score.
Other sites can show a different figure for Breckland. These counts include anti-social behaviour, cover the 12 published months shown, and assign each record by its nearest postcode. The rate divides by Census 2021 residents of the same postcodes, not by a later mid-year population estimate.
Districts with a page and at least 5% of their live postcodes in this council area. A district can cross a council boundary, so its page counts records on both sides.