Total Crime Rate

35.5 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 35.5 4/10
  • Burglary 10.6 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 7.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.1 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.6 2/10
  • Public order 3.6 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.6 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Recreation Road area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Nelson , and the 96th 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 Recreation Road (NR2 3PB) in the last 12 months was 35.5 per 1,000 residents and was 24.6% lower than the Nelson average (47.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Recreation Road (NR2 3PB), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 87 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Recreation Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Girton Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitehall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Speedway Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Recreation Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
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Data Sources

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