Total Crime Rate

140.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 140.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 25.1 10/10
  • Other theft 10.1 8/10
  • Burglary 5.0 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Longmead area has the 35th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Lakenham , and the 122nd 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 Longmead (NR1 2EL) in the last 12 months was 140.7 per 1,000 residents and was 31.7% higher than the Lakenham average (106.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 65.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Longmead (NR1 2EL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Birkbeck Close, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cavell Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Longmead area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Sunny Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Huxley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thatched Pavilion Court —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Keyes Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mansfield Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ingram Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Lakenfields Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Smithfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Long John Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Coke Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cavell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Birkbeck Close —
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Data Sources

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