Total Crime Rate

408.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

101.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 408.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 187.3 10/10
  • Violent crimes 101.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 37.9 9/10
  • Other theft 23.9 10/10
  • Public order 23.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.9 9/10
  • Burglary 17.9 10/10
  • Robbery 10.0 9/10
  • Drugs 8.0 7/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Watermans Yard area has the 12th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Lakenham , and the 21st highest crime rate of 442 local areas in Norwich .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Watermans Yard (NR2 4SD) in the last 12 months was 408.4 per 1,000 residents and was 296.4% higher than the Lakenham average (103.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 94 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -20.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 51 (≈ 101.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Watermans Yard (NR2 4SD), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 110 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 Watermans Yard area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/47)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other crime Duke Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Fishers Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Duke Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Westwick Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Indigo Yard —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Goat Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Lower Goat Lane Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fishers Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Chapel Field North —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chapel Field North Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fishers Lane Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Oak Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Charing Cross Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Charing Cross Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Coslany Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Margarets Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Margarets Street —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Margarets Street —
Apr 2026Public order St Margarets Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Margarets Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coslany Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Westwick Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Oak Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Giles Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Westwick Street —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wellington Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wellington Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Copeman Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order St Marys Plain Action to be taken by another organisation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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