Total Crime Rate
353.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
195.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rosemary Lane area has the 14th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Lakenham , and the 25th 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 353.8 per 1,000 residents and was 243.4% higher than the Lakenham average (103.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 45.5% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 54 (≈ 194.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rosemary Lane (NR3 3BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Westwick Street, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Norwich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Goat Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Westwick Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chatham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Duke Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duke Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duke Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ebenezer Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Coslany Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coslany Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oak Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oak Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Westwick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Lawrence Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Westwick Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Charing Cross | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charing Cross | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Lower Goat Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fishers Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fishers Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fishers Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Indigo Yard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Lawrence Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Lawrence Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Marys Plain | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | St Margarets Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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