Total Crime Rate
173.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
103.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Burges Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Mile Cross , and the 100th 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 Burges Road (NR3 2LL) in the last 12 months was 173.1 per 1,000 residents and was 53.9% 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 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 103.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Burges Road (NR3 2LL), the main crime hotspot is near Bacton Road. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Norwich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Berners Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burges Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mile Cross Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheeler Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Valpy Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Valpy Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bacton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bacton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dowson Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drayton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Soleme Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Margaret Paston Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Margaret Paston Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Margaret Paston Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Margaret Paston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Burges Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burges Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mile Cross Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Burges Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knights Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knights Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Havers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Havers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Havers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Havers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Half Mile Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Half Mile Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Half Mile Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Half Mile Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Berners Close | — |
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