Total Crime Rate

105.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 105.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 37.9 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 26.2 10/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Other crime 2.9 3/10
  • Robbery 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Knowland Grove area has the 18th highest crime rate of 61 local areas in Nelson , and the 172nd 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 Knowland Grove (NR5 8YH) in the last 12 months was 105.0 per 1,000 residents and was 123.1% higher than the Nelson average (47.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 333.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 35.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Knowland Grove (NR5 8YH), 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 Knowland Grove area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Beecheno Road Further investigation is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Randle Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Randle Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Randle Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Randle Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Randle Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Randle Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Beecheno Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Randle Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cameron Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Randle Green —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Randle Green —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gentry Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gentry Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Jex Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jex Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Gentry Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Randle Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Randle Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Randle Green Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bates Green —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bates Green —
Sep 2025Other theft Larkman Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Larkman Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peto Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Peto Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation

Data Sources

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