Crime Rate in Lakenham, ward

Lakenham has the 5th highest crime rate of 13 wards in Norwich district and the 1515th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 118th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Lakenham in the last 12 months was 106.8 per 1,000 residents and was 18.0% lower than the Norwich district average (130.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Lakenham’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 463 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 6 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 547 (≈ 49.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -2.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Lakenham ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Peterkin Road. Police recorded 67 crimes here, including 46 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.