Total Crime Rate

28.8 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 28.8 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 7.9 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.2 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.6 1/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Drugs 2.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Farrow Road area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 61 local areas in Nelson , and the 78th 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 Farrow Road (NR5 8AH) in the last 12 months was 28.8 per 1,000 residents and was 38.8% lower than the Nelson average (47.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 7.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Farrow Road (NR5 8AH), the main crime hotspot is near Godric Place. Police recorded 52 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Farrow Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bacon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Harbord Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bacon Road
Sep 2025Burglary Godric Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Godric Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Henderson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Earlham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bacon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B1108 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hodgson Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Drugs Harbord Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harbord Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harbord Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Earlham Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Bowthorpe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowthorpe Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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