Total Crime Rate
94.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St 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.
View Crime In Norwich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Peters Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Guildhall Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Guildhall Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lower Goat Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Guildhall Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Guildhall Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Guildhall Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Guildhall Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | William Booth Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | William Booth Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | William Booth Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | William Booth Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Goat Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Lawrence Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | William Booth Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Charing Cross | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Margarets Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Margarets Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Margarets Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Chapel Field East | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Chapel Field East | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Indigo Yard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westwick Street | — |
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