Total Crime Rate
107.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Boston Street area has the 17th highest crime rate of 35 local areas in Mile Cross , and the 162nd 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 Boston Street (NR3 3JH) in the last 12 months was 107.1 per 1,000 residents and was 4.8% lower than the Mile Cross average (112.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 42.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Boston Street (NR3 3JH), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 111 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Norwich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blyth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Woodcock Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | George Pope Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penn Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sawmill Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sawmill Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sleaford Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Boston Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodcock Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodcock Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alfred Nicholls Court | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Attoe Walk | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rackham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lilburne Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blyth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Rackham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rackham Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rackham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rackham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rackham Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rostwold Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sawmill Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Jewson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
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