Total Crime Rate
350.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Rosemary Lane area has the 17th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Lakenham , and the 32nd 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 Rosemary Lane (NR3 3BB) in the last 12 months was 350.2 per 1,000 residents and was 227.8% higher 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 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -61.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 53 (≈ 191.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rosemary Lane (NR3 3BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lower Goat Lane (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Lakenham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Key And Castle Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Golden Dog Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rose Yard | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coslany Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Coslany Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mandela Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dyers Yard | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Marys Plain | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Lawrence Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Lawrence Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | St Lawrence Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Lawrence Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Lawrence Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Ebenezer Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Mills Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Muspole Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Westwick Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Westwick Street | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Muspole Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Westwick Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Westwick Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cross Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Georges Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Georges Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Margarets Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Botolph Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Talbot Square | Under investigation |
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