Total Crime Rate

103.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 103.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.6 8/10
  • Public order 8.2 6/10
  • Drugs 5.4 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Robbery 2.7 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.7 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Helford Street area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Mancroft , and the 176th highest crime rate of 442 local areas in Norwich .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Helford Street (NR2 4LY) in the last 12 months was 103.3 per 1,000 residents and was 76.7% lower than the Mancroft average (442.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 48.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Helford Street (NR2 4LY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Armes Street, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Raynham Street (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Helford Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Raynham Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Old Farm Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Raynham Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nile Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Raynham Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Freeman Square —
Sep 2025Other theft Freeman Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Watson Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Goodman Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Goodman Square —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Paddock Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Waddington Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waddington Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Bartholomews Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Armes Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edward Gambling Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nelson Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nelson Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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