Total Crime Rate
68.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Coke Road area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Lakenham , and the 189th lowest crime rate of 442 local areas in Norwich .
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 Coke Road (NR1 2LW) in the last 12 months was 68.9 per 1,000 residents and was 35.5% lower 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -37.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 52.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -32.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Coke Road (NR1 2LW), the main crime hotspot is near Birkbeck Close. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Lakenham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sunny Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cavell Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beeching Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Birkbeck Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Duckett Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Duckett Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Duckett Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Coke Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Keyes Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cranage Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mansfield Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Long John Hill | Under investigation |
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