Total Crime Rate
309.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
120.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Calvert Street area has the 19th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Lakenham , and the 34th highest crime rate of 442 local areas in Norwich .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Calvert Street (NR3 1BY) in the last 12 months was 309.7 per 1,000 residents and was 200.7% higher than the Lakenham average (103.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 120.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Calvert Street (NR3 1BY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Nightclub, where police recorded 118 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Norwich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Quay Side | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Waggon And Horses Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Magdalen Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fishergate | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Coslany Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coslany Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Charing Cross | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charing Cross | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Andrews Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Princes Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Princes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Princes Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Waggon And Horses Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Magdalen Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duke Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duke Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Duke Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Friars Quay | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Friars Quay | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Friars Quay | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Friars Quay | Under investigation |
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