Total Crime Rate

85.4 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 85.4 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.1 7/10
  • Drugs 9.8 8/10
  • Public order 9.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.9 5/10
  • Burglary 2.4 1/10
  • Robbery 2.4 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

New Mills Yard area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Lakenham , and the 212th highest crime rate of 442 local areas in Norwich .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around New Mills Yard (NR3 3AH) in the last 12 months was 85.4 per 1,000 residents and was 20.1% lower than the Lakenham average (106.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 43.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around New Mills Yard (NR3 3AH), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 119 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in New Mills Yard area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/54)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Westwick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oak Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dyers Yard —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Ebenezer Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mandela Close —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Coslany Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Marys Plain Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order St Benedicts Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Westwick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Westwick Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Westwick Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Oak Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ten Bell Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Benedicts Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Lawrence Lane —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Lawrence Lane —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime St Lawrence Lane Under investigation
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Data Sources

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