Total Crime Rate
20.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
5.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cremer Street area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Sheringham North , and the 97th lowest crime rate of 373 local areas in North Norfolk .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cremer Street (NR26 8DZ) in the last 12 months was 20.0 per 1,000 residents and was 78.1% lower than the Sheringham North average (91.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Violent crimes with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 5.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cremer Street (NR26 8DZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Theatre/Concert Hall (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Barchams Yard | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Melbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Waterbank Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wyndham Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gun Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gun Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Priory Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Priory Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Augusta Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Barchams Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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