Total Crime Rate

171.1 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 171.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.9 9/10
  • Public order 26.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 23.0 7/10
  • Other theft 19.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.9 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.6 9/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Blaxter Way area has the highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Sprowston East , and the 11th 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 Blaxter Way (NR7 8BF) in the last 12 months was 171.1 per 1,000 residents and was 335.7% higher than the Sprowston East average (39.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -69.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 88.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Blaxter Way (NR7 8BF), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 29 crimes here, including 9 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Blaxter Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swan Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jobie Wood Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conroy Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Dungar Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dungar Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Burrage Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burrage Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
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Data Sources

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