Total Crime Rate
2074.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
832.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Haymarket area has the highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Lakenham , and the highest crime rate of 442 local areas in Norwich .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Haymarket (NR2 1QL) in the last 12 months was 2074.3 per 1,000 residents and was 1913.5% 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 368 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 4 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -47.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 538 (≈ 832.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Haymarket (NR2 1QL), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 681 crimes here, including 209 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 | Shoplifting | Farmers Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Winalls Yard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Castle Meadow | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Castle Meadow | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Castle Meadow | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charing Cross | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farmers Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Charing Cross | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Winalls Yard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Winalls Yard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winalls Yard | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | St Stephens Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Stephens Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Stephens Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Stephens Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Stephens Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Stephens Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Stephens Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Stephens Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Stephens Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Stephens Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Castle Meadow | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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