Total Crime Rate
41.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hilary Avenue area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Crome , and the 126th lowest crime rate of 442 local areas in Norwich .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hilary Avenue (NR1 4LF) in the last 12 months was 41.5 per 1,000 residents and was 62.3% lower than the Crome average (110.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 16.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hilary Avenue (NR1 4LF), the main crime hotspot is near Knox Close. Police recorded 196 crimes here, including 124 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Norwich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Steepgreen Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Knox Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newbrgin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newbrgin Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newbrgin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newbrgin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newbrgin Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Newbrgin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Womersley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Newbegin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Knox Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Knox Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Knox Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Knox Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Knox Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Knox Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lion Wood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Knox Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knox Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knox Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knox Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knox Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knox Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knox Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knox Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knox Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knox Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knox Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knox Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knox Close | Under investigation |
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