Total Crime Rate
2161.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Fishers Lane area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Lakenham , and the 2nd 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 Fishers Lane (NR2 1ET) in the last 12 months was 2161.0 per 1,000 residents and was 1922.8% higher than the Lakenham average (106.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 365 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 9 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 91.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -16.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 525 (≈ 812.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fishers Lane (NR2 1ET), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 389 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near William Booth Street (100 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Lakenham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Theatre Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Theatre Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Theatre Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Field North | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Chapel Field North | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Field North | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bethel Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bethel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Lawrence Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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