Total Crime Rate

169.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

91.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 169.1 9/10
  • Violent crimes 91.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 82.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.2 8/10
  • Burglary 14.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.7 7/10
  • Shoplifting 9.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.8 7/10
  • Drugs 4.8 5/10
  • Other crime 4.8 7/10
  • Other theft 4.8 5/10
  • Public order 4.8 4/10
  • Robbery 4.8 6/10
  • 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cow 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.

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Crime Over Time in Cow Hill area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grapes Hill
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Paragon Place Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Westwick Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Westwick Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Westwick Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wellington Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wellington Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wellington Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Margarets Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson St Benedicts Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coach And Horses Row Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Paragon Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grapes Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Paragon Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Coach And Horses Row Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Valentine Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Coach And Horses Row
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Upper St Giles Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lothian Street
Apr 2026Drugs Lothian Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order St Margarets Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Chapel Field East Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Chapel Field East Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chapel Field Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Giles Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fishers Lane Under investigation

Data Sources

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