Total Crime Rate
1154.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
660.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026London Road North area has the highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Harbour & Normanston , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 850 local areas in East Suffolk .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around London Road North (NR32 1EP) in the last 12 months was 1154.3 per 1,000 residents and was 589.1% higher than the Harbour & Normanston average (167.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 162 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 2 cases , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 75.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 214 (≈ 660.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around London Road North (NR32 1EP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 225 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Suffolk Road (75 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Waveney Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clapham Road South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clapham Road South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clapham Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Clapham Road South | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clapham Road South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grove Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clapham Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clapham Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clapham Road South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Clapham Road South | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Beach Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bevan Street East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Bevan Street East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bevan Street East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bevan Street East | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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