Total Crime Rate
234.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
92.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chatham Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Mancroft , and the 56th 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 Chatham Street (NR3 3DN) in the last 12 months was 234.5 per 1,000 residents and was 44.1% lower than the Mancroft average (419.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 92.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chatham Street (NR3 3DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bakers Road, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near New Mills Yard (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Norwich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Indigo Yard | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Green Hills Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chatham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Esdelle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ebenezer Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oak Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oak Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alma Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buxton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bakers Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Bakers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bakers Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Marys Plain | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Marys Plain | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Marys Plain | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Marys Plain | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Watering | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Martins Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Marys Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | St Marys Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | St Martins Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Crispins Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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