Total Crime Rate

185.8 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 185.8 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.3 8/10
  • Drugs 31.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.1 8/10
  • Public order 17.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 13.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.4 7/10
  • Burglary 4.4 5/10
  • Other theft 4.4 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.4 7/10
  • Theft from the person 4.4 6/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Chatham Street area has the 11th highest crime rate of 26 local areas in Mancroft , and the 87th highest crime rate of 442 local areas in Norwich .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Chatham Street (NR3 3DN) in the last 12 months was 185.8 per 1,000 residents and was 58.0% lower than the Mancroft average (442.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 66.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Chatham Street (NR3 3DN), the main crime hotspot is near New Mills Yard. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Chatham Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft New Mills Yard Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Mills Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bakers Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bakers Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bakers Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rose Yard
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mandela Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Mills Yard Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Mills Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Mills Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area
Sep 2025Robbery New Mills Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Alma Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bakers Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Botolph Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime The Lathes Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Lathes Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting St Martins Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Martins Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Marys Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Quintain Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Key And Castle Yard Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Ebenezer Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Oak Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oak Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Marys Plain Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Watering Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Augustines Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Watering Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Talbot Square Under investigation

Data Sources

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