Total Crime Rate
38.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
15.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Newmarket Street area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 67 local areas in Eaton , and the 113th lowest crime rate of 442 local areas in Norwich .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Newmarket Street (NR2 2DW) in the last 12 months was 38.2 per 1,000 residents and was 0.7% lower than the Eaton average (38.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 15.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).
In the area around Newmarket Street (NR2 2DW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sports/Recreation Area, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Globe Place (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Norwich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trinity Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Globe Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Globe Place | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trix Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Edward Jordell Plain | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Eagle Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rupert Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brunswick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Norfolk Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Norfolk Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Norfolk Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Norfolk Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Essex Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Essex Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Essex Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kimberley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kimberley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Thomas Wyatt Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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