Total Crime Rate
110.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Carleton 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 Carleton Close (NR7 8NP) 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 Carleton Close (NR7 8NP), 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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