Crime Statistics for Norwich, Norfolk, 2024

There were a total of 834 street level crime incidents in Norwich in March 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Norwich, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	293
Shoplifting	140
Anti Social Behaviour	136
Public Order	76
Criminal Damage Arson	58
Other Theft	38
Drugs	25
Burglary	13
Other Crime	13
Possession Of Weapons	11
Robbery	9
Theft From The Person	8
Bicycle Theft	8
Vehicle Crime	6
All Crime	834

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Norwich. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Norwich

We've taken the ten nearest places to Norwich and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Norwich has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Norwich	834
New Catton (1.24 miles)	752
Lakenham (0.62 miles)	444
Mile Cross (1.75 miles)	316
New Sprowston (1.86 miles)	314
Sprowston (1.96 miles)	218
Earlham (2.48 miles)	169
Old Catton (2.48 miles)	147
Long John’s Hill (1.24 miles)	121
Eaton (1.75 miles)	70

Where are the most violent places near Norwich?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Norwich and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
New Catton	303
Norwich	293
Lakenham	159
New Sprowston	138
Mile Cross	131
Sprowston	97
Earlham	83
Old Catton	57
Long John’s Hill	46
Eaton	30

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Norwich?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Norwich to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Norwich compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Norwich and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Residents in Norwich have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Poringland, Framinghams & Trowse.

#	Ward	Score
1	Mancroft	81
2	Wensum	76
3	Thorpe Hamlet	72
4	Sewell	68
5	University	65
6	Lakenham	55
7	Town Close	47
8	Nelson	46
9	Eaton	24
10	Thorpe St Andrew South East	18
11	Poringland, Framinghams & Trowse	11

Which road in Norwich has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Norwich with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Garden Street.