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 1LP) 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 1LP), the main crime hotspot is near William Booth Street. Police recorded 337 crimes here, including 119 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in St Giles Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Peters Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Guildhall Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Police Station Awaiting court outcome
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 2026Violence and sexual offences Police Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Guildhall Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Lower Goat Lane Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Guildhall Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Guildhall Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Guildhall Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Guildhall Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour William Booth Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour William Booth Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour William Booth Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour William Booth Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Goat Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Lawrence Lane
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour William Booth Street
Apr 2026Drugs Charing Cross Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Margarets Street
Apr 2026Public order St Margarets Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Margarets Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Chapel Field East Local resolution
Apr 2026Drugs Chapel Field East Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Indigo Yard
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Westwick Street

Data Sources

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