Total Crime Rate
96.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Byfield Court area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 35 local areas in Mile Cross , and the 174th highest crime rate of 442 local areas in Norwich .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Byfield Court (NR3 2JP) in the last 12 months was 96.4 per 1,000 residents and was 14.3% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 32.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 125.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Byfield Court (NR3 2JP), 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.
View Crime In Norwich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clickers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shorncliffe Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Boot Binders Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Press Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Press Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aylsham Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aylsham Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Avonmouth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shorncliffe Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shorncliffe Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shorncliffe Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boot Binders Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boot Binders Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boot Binders Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boot Binders Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Airedale Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Airedale Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Berners Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sawmill Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sawmill Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sawmill Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edmund Bacon Court | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berners Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penn Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Boot Binders Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Kiln Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lime Kiln Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lime Kiln Mews | Formal action is not in the public interest |
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