Total Crime Rate
169.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
91.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cow Hill area has the 37th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Lakenham , and the 106th highest crime rate of 442 local areas in Norwich .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cow Hill (NR2 1HD) in the last 12 months was 169.1 per 1,000 residents and was 64.1% higher than the Lakenham average (103.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 91.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cow Hill (NR2 1HD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 110 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Paragon Place (64 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Norwich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grapes Hill | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Paragon Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Westwick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Westwick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westwick Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Margarets Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Benedicts Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coach And Horses Row | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paragon Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grapes Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paragon Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Coach And Horses Row | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Valentine Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Coach And Horses Row | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Upper St Giles Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lothian Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lothian Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Margarets Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Chapel Field East | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Chapel Field East | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Field Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Giles Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fishers Lane | Under investigation |
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