Total Crime Rate
54.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
35.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sewell Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 33 local areas in Sewell , and the 167th lowest crime rate of 442 local areas in Norwich .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sewell Road (NR3 4BP) in the last 12 months was 54.7 per 1,000 residents and was 22.9% lower than the Sewell average (70.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 35.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -73.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sewell Road (NR3 4BP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Clare Close (21 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 | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sprowston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Halcombe Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Clare Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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