Total Crime Rate
54.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lion Wood Road area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Crome , and the 166th 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 Lion Wood Road (NR1 4PS) in the last 12 months was 54.6 per 1,000 residents and was 50.4% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 32.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lion Wood Road (NR1 4PS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Newbrgin Road (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 | Supple Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Newbrgin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newbegin Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Newbegin Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Woodrow Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Woodrow Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Womersley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newbrgin Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodrow Place | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Newbrgin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Womersley Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Woodrow Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newbegin Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Morse Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | William Mear Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supple Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lion Wood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Newbegin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Morse Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | William Mear Gardens | — |
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