Total Crime Rate
156.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
80.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026North Park Avenue area has the 5th highest crime rate of 21 local areas in University , and the 111th 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 North Park Avenue (NR4 7EE) in the last 12 months was 156.6 per 1,000 residents and was 136.6% higher than the University average (66.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 80.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around North Park Avenue (NR4 7EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 72 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fairfax Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Norwich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Corie Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elizabeth Fry Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sixteen Acre Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Twelve Acre Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairfax Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fairfax Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fairfax Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fairfax Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fairfax Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Park Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | North Park Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Colman Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairfax Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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