Total Crime Rate

110.2 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 110.2 8/10
  • Shoplifting 51.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.7 5/10
  • Other crime 11.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.9 4/10
  • Burglary 7.9 8/10
  • Other theft 3.9 4/10
  • Robbery 3.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Linton Close area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 34 local areas in Sprowston East , and the 31st 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 Linton Close (NR7 8NL) in the last 12 months was 110.2 per 1,000 residents and was 180.8% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 116.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -54.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 23.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -53.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 131.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Linton Close (NR7 8NL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Leveson Road (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Linton Close area

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Data Sources

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