Total Crime Rate
23.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Plumstead Road East area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Crome , and the 59th lowest crime rate of 442 local areas in Norwich .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Plumstead Road East (NR7 9NA) in the last 12 months was 23.8 per 1,000 residents and was 78.4% lower than the Crome average (110.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 10.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Plumstead Road East (NR7 9NA), the main crime hotspot is near Vancouver Road. Police recorded 17 crimes here, including 10 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Norwich| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Croftholme Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pilling Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pilling Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goulburn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Aerodrome Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Croftholme Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Vancouver Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Margetson Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gunn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rider Haggard Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Orchard Close | — |
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