Total Crime Rate
10.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
0.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cricket Ground Road area has the lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Lakenham , and the 22nd 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 Cricket Ground Road (NR1 3AZ) in the last 12 months was 10.3 per 1,000 residents and was 90.0% lower than the Lakenham average (103.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
In the area around Cricket Ground Road (NR1 3AZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ninham Street, where police recorded 110 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cherry Close (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Norwich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sunny Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ninham Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ninham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Ninham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Finkelgate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadowbrook Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kensington Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kensington Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | City Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Thatched Pavilion Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sunny Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stratford Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Stratford Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Foulgers Opening | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lindley Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lakenfields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lakenfields | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lakenfields | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Suncroft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lakenfields | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hobart Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stratford Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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