Total Crime Rate
2074.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
832.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kingsgate Court 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 Kingsgate Court (NR2 1TS) 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 Kingsgate Court (NR2 1TS), 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.
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 | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Guildhall Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Guildhall Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Guildhall Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Guildhall Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Guildhall Hill | Under investigation |
| 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Goat Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Guildhall Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lower Goat Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fishers Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fishers Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fishers Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Lawrence Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Westwick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Westwick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westwick Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Guildhall Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Theatre Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Chapel Field East | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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