Total Crime Rate

62.2 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 62.2 6/10
  • Shoplifting 37.3 8/10
  • Public order 8.3 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 8.3 2/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Wells Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Lancaster North , and the 86th highest crime rate of 373 local areas in North Norfolk .

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 Wells Road (NR21 9AA) in the last 12 months was 62.2 per 1,000 residents and was 11.1% higher than the Lancaster North average (56.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 20.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wells Road (NR21 9AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Norwich Street, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Market Place (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wells Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Norwich Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Market Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Oak Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Oak Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Norwich Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Norwich Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Norwich Street —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Norwich Street Awaiting court outcome
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 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nelson Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norwich Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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