Crime Rate in Town Close, ward

Town Close has the 7th lowest crime rate of 13 wards in Norwich district and the 1503rd highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 121st highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in Town Close in the last 12 months was 104.4 per 1,000 residents and was 18.1% lower than the Norwich district average (127.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Town Close’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 355 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 8 cases , down -27.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 29.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -27.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 466 (≈ 44.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Town Close ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Ninham Street, with 118 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Southwell Road (30 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.