Total Crime Rate
107.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
84.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Barnes Yard area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 26 local areas in Mancroft , and the 163rd 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 Barnes Yard (NR3 3DR) in the last 12 months was 107.0 per 1,000 residents and was 74.5% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 84.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 91.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -91.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Barnes Yard (NR3 3DR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Magdalen Street, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Magdalen Close (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Norwich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Magdalen Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ebenezer Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magpie Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magpie Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magpie Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magpie Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Guernsey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Guernsey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clarke Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wall Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper Green Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper Green Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Oak Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Marys Plain | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alma Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chatham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatham Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Esdelle Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Magdalen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St Crispins Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Magdalen Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magdalen Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magdalen Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magdalen Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Magdalen Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 |
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