Total Crime Rate

95.6 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 95.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.7 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.1 8/10
  • Public order 22.1 9/10
  • Shoplifting 11.0 5/10
  • Other theft 7.4 7/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Other crime 3.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Holt Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Lancaster North , and the 37th highest crime rate of 373 local areas in North Norfolk .

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 Holt Road (NR21 8AA) in the last 12 months was 95.6 per 1,000 residents and was 70.6% higher than the Lancaster North average (56.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -36.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 47.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Holt Road (NR21 8AA), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Holt Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Police Station
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mill Court
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mill Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Mill Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bridge Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norwich Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Norwich Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Norwich Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Norwich Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Norwich Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norwich Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lancaster Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ratcliffe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lichfield Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Rosemary Terrace Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Market Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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