Total Crime Rate
85.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
78.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gresham Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 35 local areas in Mile Cross , and the 203rd highest crime rate of 442 local areas in Norwich .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Gresham Road (NR3 2NG) in the last 12 months was 85.0 per 1,000 residents and was 24.4% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 78.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gresham Road (NR3 2NG), the main crime hotspot is near Lefroy Road. Police recorded 45 crimes here, including 27 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 | Possession of weapons | Bignold Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mitre Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowers Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowers Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowers Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowers Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowers Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pinder Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pinder Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pinder Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pinder Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Margaret Paston Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Warrenwood Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Warrenwood Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mitre Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bignold Road | Under investigation |
| 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 | Public order | Margaret Paston Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Soleme Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dowson Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lefroy Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Lefroy Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bacton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bacton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wheeler Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Bignold Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bignold Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bowers Avenue | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bowers Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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