Total Crime Rate

82.5 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 82.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.8 7/10
  • Other theft 10.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.3 5/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.1 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.1 1/10
  • Public order 2.1 1/10
  • Robbery 2.1 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

The Elms 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 The Elms (NR6 7BP) 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 The Elms (NR6 7BP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bailey Close, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Faith'S Road (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Old Catton and Sprowston West

Crime Over Time in The Elms area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lodge Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Longland Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Woodland Drive Under investigation
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Data Sources

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