Total Crime Rate

106.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

47.4 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 106.7 8/10
  • Violent crimes 47.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.7 8/10
  • Other theft 11.9 8/10
  • Other crime 7.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.0 3/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.0 6/10
  • Public order 4.0 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

St Marys Way area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 20 local areas in North Walsham Market Cross , and the 35th highest crime rate of 373 local areas in North Norfolk .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around St Marys Way (NR28 0AP) in the last 12 months was 106.7 per 1,000 residents and was 41.6% higher than the North Walsham Market Cross average (75.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 47.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 71.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Marys Way (NR28 0AP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 61 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near King'S Arms Street (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in St Marys Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences King'S Arms Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lynfield Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mundesley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Market Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Mitre Tavern Yard Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Local resolution
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Mary'S Way
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Juler Close
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Nightclub Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Mary'S Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences King'S Arms Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mundesley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Church Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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