Total Crime Rate

206.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

120.0 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 206.7 9/10
  • Violent crimes 120.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 90.0 10/10
  • Public order 23.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.0 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.0 9/10
  • Drugs 13.3 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.0 9/10
  • Other crime 10.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.7 6/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 5/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • 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

Drayton Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Mile Cross , and the 77th 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 Drayton Road (NR3 2DF) in the last 12 months was 206.7 per 1,000 residents and was 83.7% higher than the Mile Cross average (112.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 120.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Drayton Road (NR3 2DF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Boot Binders Road, where police recorded 55 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lime Kiln Mews (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Drayton Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (25/25)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Penn Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Boot Binders Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Lime Kiln Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lime Kiln Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Green Hills Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Press Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Boot Binders Road —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Boot Binders Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vicarage Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime St Marys Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime St Marys Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Edmund Bacon Court Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Public order Lime Kiln Mews Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Boot Binders Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lime Kiln Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Barker Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour The Watering —
Apr 2026Other theft Barker Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime St Martins Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Martins Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lime Kiln Mews —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Boot Binders Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Boot Binders Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Clickers Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Press Lane Under investigation
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Data Sources

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