Total Crime Rate
223.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Robin Hood Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Lakenham , and the 56th highest crime rate of 442 local areas in Norwich .
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 Robin Hood Road (NR4 6BS) in the last 12 months was 223.9 per 1,000 residents and was 109.6% higher 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 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -58.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 153.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 48.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Robin Hood Road (NR4 6BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gilchrist Close, where police recorded 41 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.
View Crime In Lakenham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gilchrist Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Locksley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Allanadale Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Longbow Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnesdale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnesdale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnesdale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnesdale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Gilchrist Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Locksley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Locksley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Greenwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Allanadale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tuckswood Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Scarlet Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Scarlet Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tuckswood Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tuckswood Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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