Total Crime Rate

56.3 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 56.3 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.8 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.0 8/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Other theft 4.3 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.2 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.2 1/10
  • Robbery 2.2 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.2 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Keable Close area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 20 local areas in University , and the 162nd lowest crime rate of 442 local areas in Norwich .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Keable Close (NR5 8JQ) in the last 12 months was 56.3 per 1,000 residents and was 9.1% lower than the University average (61.9 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 120.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 28.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 62.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Keable Close (NR5 8JQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Earlham West Centre, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Buttermere Road (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Keable Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mottram Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Pitchford Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hanbury Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hanbury Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Crummock Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edgeworth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Earlham West Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buttermere Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Scarnell Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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