Total Crime Rate

205.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

93.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 205.4 9/10
  • Violent crimes 93.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 39.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.2 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 21.2 10/10
  • Public order 15.1 9/10
  • Other theft 9.1 7/10
  • Robbery 6.0 7/10
  • Shoplifting 6.0 4/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Drugs 3.0 2/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.0 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Heathgate area has the 9th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Crome , and the 82nd highest crime rate of 442 local areas in Norwich .

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 Heathgate (NR3 1PN) in the last 12 months was 205.4 per 1,000 residents and was 86.5% higher than the Crome average (110.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 93.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Heathgate (NR3 1PN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bishop Bridge Road, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Heathgate (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Heathgate area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft St James Meadow Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Heathgate Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cannell Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Heathgate Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Heathgate Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Heathgate Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Heathgate Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Heathgate Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pockthorpe Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Heathgate Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Heathgate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hassett Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Bishop Bridge Road
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St James Meadow
Apr 2026Bicycle theft St James Meadow Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Pockthorpe Gate
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pockthorpe Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pockthorpe Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pockthorpe Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Pockthorpe Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Cannell Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Heathgate Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Anchor Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lavengro Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spitalfields Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lavengro Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lavengro Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spitalfields Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spitalfields Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spitalfields Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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