Total Crime Rate

50.0 per 1,000 5/10 · 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 50.0 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.9 5/10
  • Public order 2.9 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Cromer Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 20 local areas in North Walsham Market Cross , and the 108th highest crime rate of 373 local areas in North Norfolk .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cromer Road (NR28 0HB) in the last 12 months was 50.0 per 1,000 residents and was 22.4% lower than the North Walsham Market Cross average (64.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 366.7% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 44.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 275.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cromer Road (NR28 0HB), the main crime hotspot is near Regents Court. Police recorded 14 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cromer Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heather Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heather Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Suffield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regents Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Coronation Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cherry Tree Lane Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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