Total Crime Rate
248.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
122.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Magdalen Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Mancroft , and the 46th 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 Magdalen Street (NR3 1FF) in the last 12 months was 248.6 per 1,000 residents and was 40.7% lower than the Mancroft average (419.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 43 (≈ 122.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Magdalen Street (NR3 1FF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Saviours Lane, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Norwich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper Green Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magpie Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magdalen Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leopard Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Leopard Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Guernsey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magpie Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magpie Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Knowsley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Charlton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Charlton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mill Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Magdalen Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mill Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Crispins Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magpie Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magpie Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mill Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alma Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper Green Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Magdalen Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Magdalen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Magdalen Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bull Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Guernsey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cowgate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Steward Street | Under investigation |
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