Total Crime Rate
80.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beverley Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Nelson , and the 211th highest crime rate of 442 local areas in Norwich .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Beverley Road (NR5 8AP) in the last 12 months was 80.7 per 1,000 residents and was 77.3% higher than the Nelson average (45.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 36.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beverley Road (NR5 8AP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Horning Close, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cadge Road (25 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 | Cadge Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fieldview | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Horning Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beverley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whistlefish Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Whistlefish Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Filby Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Beverley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beverley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stanford Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fieldview | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Alicante Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gipsy Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cadge Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fellowes Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fellowes Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fellowes Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Charge Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cadge Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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