Total Crime Rate
233.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lefroy Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Mile Cross , and the 54th highest crime rate of 442 local areas in Norwich .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lefroy Road (NR3 2NX) in the last 12 months was 233.2 per 1,000 residents and was 102.9% higher than the Mile Cross average (114.9 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 Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 110.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lefroy Road (NR3 2NX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lefroy Road, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bignold Road (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Mile Cross| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Bowers Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bowers Avenue | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Boundary Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warrenwood Court | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warrenwood Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Warrenwood Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowers Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bignold Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bignold Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mitre Court | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mitre Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Warrenwood Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Eustace Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lefroy Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lefroy Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lefroy Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lefroy Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lefroy Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bulmer Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Whiffler Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bulmer Road | Under investigation |
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