Total Crime Rate
225.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
133.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Recorder Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Lakenham , and the 60th highest crime rate of 442 local areas in Norwich .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Recorder Road (NR1 1BW) in the last 12 months was 225.6 per 1,000 residents and was 119.0% higher than the Lakenham average (103.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 133.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 131.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Recorder Road (NR1 1BW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nightclub, where police recorded 212 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Prince Of Wales Road (145 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Norwich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Recorder Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince Of Wales Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stuart Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince Of Wales Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferry Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince Of Wales Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince Of Wales Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince Of Wales Road | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Aspland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince Of Wales Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince Of Wales Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince Of Wales Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Prince Of Wales Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Prince Of Wales Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Prince Of Wales Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A147 | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Old Library Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | St Matthews Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Matthews Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
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