Total Crime Rate
239.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
98.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ber Street area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Lakenham , and the 51st 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 Ber Street (NR1 3EY) in the last 12 months was 239.4 per 1,000 residents and was 132.4% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 98.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ber Street (NR1 3EY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brooke Place, where police recorded 115 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (40 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 | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | All Saints Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | All Saints Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stepping Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brooke Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stepping Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Holls Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kensington Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kensington Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Farmers Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Farmers Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Farmers Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Farmers Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farmers Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hobart Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Old Barge Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Trafalgar Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Cecilia'S Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Finkelgate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brooke Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Horns Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Horns Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brooke Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brooke Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brooke Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brooke Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Brooke Place | Under investigation |
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