Total Crime Rate

104.2 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 104.2 8/10
  • Shoplifting 38.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 17.4 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.9 6/10
  • Burglary 6.9 7/10
  • Other theft 6.9 6/10
  • Public order 6.9 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.5 3/10
  • Robbery 3.5 5/10
  • Theft from the person 3.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Thornham Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Sprowston East , and the 33rd 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 Thornham Road (NR7 8HU) in the last 12 months was 104.2 per 1,000 residents and was 165.3% higher than the Sprowston East average (39.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -63.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 27.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Thornham Road (NR7 8HU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stillington Close (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Thornham Road area

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Data Sources

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