Total Crime Rate

92.7 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

39.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 92.7 7/10
  • Violent crimes 39.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 26.8 6/10
  • Drugs 9.8 8/10
  • Public order 9.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.3 6/10
  • Burglary 4.9 5/10
  • Other theft 2.4 1/10
  • Robbery 2.4 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Dyers Yard area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Lakenham , and the 187th 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 Dyers Yard (NR3 3QY) in the last 12 months was 92.7 per 1,000 residents and was 10.0% lower than the Lakenham average (103.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 39.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dyers Yard (NR3 3QY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 119 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Peters Street (67 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dyers Yard area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Peters Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Police Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Police Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Police Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Police Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Police Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Police Station Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Theatre/Concert Hall Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Goat Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Guildhall Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Lower Goat Lane Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fishers Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Fishers Lane Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Fishers Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Shoplifting Westwick Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Westwick Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Westwick Street
Apr 2026Shoplifting St Margarets Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Guildhall Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour St Margarets Street
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chatham Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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