Total Crime Rate

160.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

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 160.4 9/10
  • Shoplifting 66.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.6 7/10
  • Public order 9.1 7/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.5 1/10
  • Burglary 1.5 1/10
  • Other crime 1.5 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.5 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Colman Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 20 local areas in University , and the 104th highest crime rate of 442 local areas in Norwich .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Colman Road (NR4 7HA) in the last 12 months was 160.4 per 1,000 residents and was 159.1% higher than the University average (61.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 54.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Colman Road (NR4 7HA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 57 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fairfax Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Colman Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Caroline Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Twelve Acre Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bacon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bacon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Twelve Acre Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Harbord Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harbord Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harbord Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Harbord Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Stannard Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Corie Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gould Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hodgson Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carpenters Court Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Henderson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fairfax Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fairfax Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bacon Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences De Hague Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft George Borrow Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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