Total Crime Rate
92.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
44.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kittens Lane area has the 5th highest crime rate of 69 local areas in Brooke , and the 46th highest crime rate of 436 local areas in South Norfolk .
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 Kittens Lane (NR14 6JU) in the last 12 months was 92.4 per 1,000 residents and was 592.4% higher than the Brooke average (13.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 44.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kittens Lane (NR14 6JU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Leman Close, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near High Bungay Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | High Bungay Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kittens Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gilbert Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Leman Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Leman Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leman Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clay Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Bungay Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Leman Close | Local resolution |
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