Total Crime Rate
82.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025St Faiths Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 27 local areas in Old Catton and Sprowston West , and the 52nd 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 St Faiths Road (NR6 7BH) in the last 12 months was 82.5 per 1,000 residents and was 116.0% higher than the Old Catton and Sprowston West average (38.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 44.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 61.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 21.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Faiths Road (NR6 7BH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Graves Avenue, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Evans Way (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Old Catton and Sprowston West| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dowding Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Longland Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Graves Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Evans Way | Under investigation |
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