Total Crime Rate

196.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 196.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 60.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 27.3 10/10
  • Public order 16.4 9/10
  • Burglary 8.2 8/10
  • Other theft 5.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 3/10
  • Robbery 2.7 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Morse Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Crome , and the 75th 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 Morse Road (NR1 4PL) in the last 12 months was 196.7 per 1,000 residents and was 85.1% higher than the Crome average (106.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -26.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 57.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Morse Road (NR1 4PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Morse Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Pilling Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Newbegin Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cubitt Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft William Mear Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs William Mear Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Morse Road

Data Sources

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