Total Crime Rate

188.0 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 188.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 74.8 9/10
  • Shoplifting 40.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.8 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.7 9/10
  • Burglary 10.7 9/10
  • Public order 10.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.6 5/10
  • Other crime 6.4 8/10
  • Other theft 4.3 4/10
  • Robbery 4.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.3 4/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Clarkson Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Nelson , and the 82nd 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 Clarkson Road (NR5 8EF) in the last 12 months was 188.0 per 1,000 residents and was 299.6% higher than the Nelson average (47.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 2 cases , down -60.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 89.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Clarkson Road (NR5 8EF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 57 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Randle Green (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Clarkson Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Randle Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Motum Road
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Gentry Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gentry Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gentry Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Motum Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Motum Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jex Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jex Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Motum Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Peto Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Motum Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Larkman Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Larkman Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Randle Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarkson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarkson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peto Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Knowland Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Knowland Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Knowland Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Randle Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Randle Green
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Randle Green Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Randle Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Randle Green Under investigation

Data Sources

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