Total Crime Rate
20.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
13.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pettus Road area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 67 local areas in Eaton , and the 48th 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 Pettus Road (NR4 7BY) in the last 12 months was 20.8 per 1,000 residents and was 46.0% lower than the Eaton average (38.4 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 13.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -89.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pettus Road (NR4 7BY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Leng Crescent, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hurd Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Norwich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurd Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hurd Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blakeney Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | South Park Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nasmith Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peckover Road | Under investigation |
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