Total Crime Rate
1691.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Borrowdale Drive area has the highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Crome , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 442 local areas in Norwich .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Borrowdale Drive (NR1 4NA) in the last 12 months was 1691.6 per 1,000 residents and was 1491.6% higher than the Crome average (106.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 93 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -69.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 101 (≈ 943.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9510.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Borrowdale Drive (NR1 4NA), the main crime hotspot is near Knox Close. Police recorded 178 crimes here, including 101 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Crome| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Aldryche Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Knox Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Knox Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Knox Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Knox Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Knox Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Knox Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Knox Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Knox Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Knox Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Knox Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Regency Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Knox Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Knox Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Knox Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Knox Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dugard Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Knox Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Knox Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Knox Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Riseway Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Knox Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Womersley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Hilary Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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