Total Crime Rate

41.5 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 41.5 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.8 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.9 5/10
  • Public order 5.9 5/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lakenham Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Lakenham , and the 115th lowest crime rate of 442 local areas in Norwich .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lakenham Road (NR4 6BB) in the last 12 months was 41.5 per 1,000 residents and was 61.1% lower than the Lakenham average (106.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 26.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lakenham Road (NR4 6BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Scarlet Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lakenham Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scarlet Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tuckswood Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Greenwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tuckswood Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Scarlet Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Tuckswood Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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