Total Crime Rate
50.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
34.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Uplands Way area has the 15th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Diss & Roydon , and the 116th highest crime rate of 436 local areas in South Norfolk .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Uplands Way (IP22 4DF) in the last 12 months was 50.3 per 1,000 residents and was 20.3% lower than the Diss & Roydon average (63.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 34.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Uplands Way (IP22 4DF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Willbye Avenue, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Blomefield Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jennings Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weavers Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weavers Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Willbye Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Heywood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Willbye Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Redhill Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Redhill Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blomefield Road | Under investigation |
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