The top areas of lowest crime in East England
What are the top ten places to live in East England if you want to live in an area with little crime?
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At findahood head quarters we have masses of data and statistics which we use to help you to "findahood" based on criteria that you set such as wanting to live near people who are on a similar income or somewhere that has a lot of green space. Find out more here. But what about crime? No one wants to live in an area which suffers from crime so at findahood we have gone through our data to find out where there is the least amount of crime in your area.
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We have sorted through our data to show you the top ten areas in east England with the lowest crime rates, and here are our results. The area in England with the highest crime rate is not surprisingly central London with the City of London area with a total crime rate of 1,317 but these following are the areas with the lowest crime rates. These areas are ranked according to crimes reported per 1,000 residents.
The top ten lowest areas of crime in England
The Isles of Scilly situated off the Cornish coast came in top for low levels of crime. According to our data the East Midlands and South East England are the safest places to live in England, both these regions have four areas in our top ten. Whilst the South West and East England has one area each in top ten.
Here are our results for East England
In Broadland and North Norfolk there were no occurrences of robbery.
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So if you're still searching for your perfect neighbourhood do think twice about living in these ones.
These areas are ranked according to crimes reported per 1,000 residents
| Location | All Crime | Violent Crime | Drugs | Burglary | Vandalism | Robbery | Vehicle | Antisocial | |
| 1 | Broadland | 50 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| 2 | South Cambridgeshire | 59 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 |
| 3 | Three Rivers | 59 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 22 |
| 4 | North Norfolk | 60 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 28 |
| 5 | South Norfolk | 61 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 24 |
| 6 | Mid Suffolk | 64 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 27 |
| 7 | Maldon | 64 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 23 |
| 8 | East Cambridgeshire | 65 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 25 |
| 9 | Rochford | 66 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 23 |
| 10 | East Hertfordshire | 69 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 21 |
