Total Crime Rate

215.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

62.8 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 215.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 70.6 9/10
  • Violent crimes 62.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 35.3 9/10
  • Other theft 19.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.7 9/10
  • Drugs 3.9 5/10
  • Other crime 3.9 6/10
  • Public order 3.9 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Yarefield Park area has the 29th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Lakenham , and the 66th 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 Yarefield Park (NR4 6FF) in the last 12 months was 215.7 per 1,000 residents and was 109.4% higher than the Lakenham average (103.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 62.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Yarefield Park (NR4 6FF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Neatmarket, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Watkin Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Yarefield Park area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (2/2)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Neatmarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Neatmarket Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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