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

Barons Close 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 Barons Close (NR21 8FB) 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 Barons Close (NR21 8FB), the main crime hotspot is near Ratcliffe Road. Police recorded 18 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Barons Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Station Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ratcliffe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Police Station —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Station Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orchard Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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