Total Crime Rate

252.7 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 252.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 143.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 32.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.6 8/10
  • Public order 19.3 9/10
  • Other theft 15.0 9/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.3 4/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Drugs 2.1 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.1 1/10
  • Robbery 2.1 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Hercules Road area has the highest crime rate of 18 local areas in Hellesdon South East , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 448 local areas in Broadland .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hercules Road (NR6 5HJ) in the last 12 months was 252.7 per 1,000 residents and was 258.8% higher than the Hellesdon South East average (70.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 67 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -81.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 55.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 336.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hercules Road (NR6 5HJ), the main crime hotspot is near Boundary Road. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Hercules Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sutherland Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Whiffler Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hercules Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Boundary Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hercules Road Local resolution
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Data Sources

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