Total Crime Rate

121.1 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 121.1 8/10
  • Shoplifting 50.8 8/10
  • Public order 15.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.6 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.7 8/10
  • Other crime 7.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.9 2/10
  • Burglary 3.9 4/10
  • Drugs 3.9 4/10
  • Other theft 3.9 4/10
  • Robbery 3.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Three Acre Close area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Hickling , and the 26th highest crime rate of 373 local areas in North Norfolk .

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 Three Acre Close (NR12 8QL) in the last 12 months was 121.1 per 1,000 residents and was 252.7% higher than the Hickling average (34.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 35.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Three Acre Close (NR12 8QL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Newey'S Way, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tunstead Road (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Three Acre Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (2/2)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Station Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tunstead Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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