Total Crime Rate

216.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

101.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 216.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 101.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 31.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.0 9/10
  • Drugs 17.5 10/10
  • Public order 17.5 9/10
  • Other theft 10.5 8/10
  • Other crime 7.0 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.0 9/10
  • Robbery 7.0 8/10
  • Theft from the person 7.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.5 5/10
  • Burglary 3.5 4/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Thorpe Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Lakenham , and the 64th highest crime rate of 442 local areas in Norwich .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Thorpe Road (NR1 1RY) in the last 12 months was 216.8 per 1,000 residents and was 110.4% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 101.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Thorpe Road (NR1 1RY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Koblenz Avenue, where police recorded 216 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Recorder Road (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Thorpe Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Old Library Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Koblenz Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Rosary Road
Apr 2026Other theft Koblenz Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Koblenz Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Stracey Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Koblenz Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Koblenz Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Koblenz Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Koblenz Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Koblenz Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Koblenz Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Recorder Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Koblenz Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Old Library Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Old Library Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Old Library Mews Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Old Library Mews
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences A147 Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Recorder Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Recorder Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Recorder Road

Data Sources

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