Total Crime Rate

85.3 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 85.3 7/10
  • Other theft 28.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.4 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.5 5/10
  • Burglary 4.7 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.7 4/10
  • Drugs 4.7 5/10
  • Other crime 4.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Sweet Briar Lane area has the 7th highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Sheringham North , and the 50th 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 Sweet Briar Lane (NR26 8HG) in the last 12 months was 85.3 per 1,000 residents and was 21.2% higher than the Sheringham North average (70.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 28.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sweet Briar Lane (NR26 8HG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 4 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Woodhouse Close (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sweet Briar Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hannah Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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