Total Crime Rate

94.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

50.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 94.0 7/10
  • Violent crimes 50.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.9 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.1 7/10
  • Public order 6.7 6/10
  • Robbery 6.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.7 6/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

St Giles Street area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Lakenham , and the 184th 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 St Giles Street (NR2 1JR) in the last 12 months was 94.0 per 1,000 residents and was 8.8% lower 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 50.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Giles Street (NR2 1JR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 175 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Peters Street (67 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in St Giles Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/83)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Peters Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Fishers Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Police Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Police Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Police Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Police Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Goat Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Lower Goat Lane Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fishers Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fishers Lane Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Drugs Theatre Street Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Westwick Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Westwick Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Westwick Street —
Apr 2026Drugs Coslany Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Chapel Field East Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Chapel Field East Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Margarets Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order St Margarets Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Margarets Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Margarets Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Margarets Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Police Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chapel Field North —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order St Lawrence Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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