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Overview of Norwich crime rate

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Crime assessment: high.

Leading the chart among 25 adjacent boroughs, Norwich stands 1st with a total of 19,441 reported crimes in 2023. The city, housing 143,922 residents, shows a crime rate of 135.08 per 1,000 people. Interestingly, this figure indicates an 8.79% drop from the previous year.

Norwich’s primary crime categories include Violence and sexual offences (37.9%), Anti-social behaviour (15.0%), and Shoplifting (9.2%). The rarest incidents involve Possession of weapons (1.3%), Robbery (1.0%), and Theft from the person (0.8%).

With 13 wards, the city’s crime hotspots are Mancroft (392.8), Thorpe Hamlet (352.4), and Crome (141.1). Conversely, the safest wards are Sewell (82.3), Nelson (Norwich) (70.5), and Eaton (38.7).

In terms of postcode districts within Norwich, NR1 (222.4), NR2 (141.6), and NR3 (137.4) record the highest crime rates. The most peaceful postcode districts are NR4 (77.1), NR6 (58.8), and NR7 (58.3).

In Norwich, there was an increase in Anti-social behaviour by 2.09% in 2020, Other theft by 1.77% and Shoplifting by 2.74% in 2022, and 2.52% in 2023, along with Public order crimes rising by 2.05% in 2020. Violence and sexual offences saw significant increases of 5.52% in 2020 and 7.85% in 2021. Conversely, there was a notable decrease in Anti-social behaviour by 9.73% in 2021, Public order by 4.67% in 2023, Shoplifting by 2.9% in 2021, and Violence and sexual offences by 2.84% in 2022 and 6.98% in 2023.

Norwich crime incidents by crime type

A total of 19441 crime incidents were reported in 2023. Below is the breakdown by crime type.

Violence and sexual offences – 7360 (37.9)%
Anti-social behaviour – 2914 (15.0)%
Shoplifting – 1790 (9.2)%
Criminal damage and arson – 1696 (8.7)%
Public order – 1559 (8.0)%
Other theft – 1172 (6.0)%
Drugs – 514 (2.6)%
Vehicle crime – 514 (2.6)%
Burglary – 474 (2.4)%
Bicycle theft – 448 (2.3)%
Other crime – 403 (2.1)%
Possession of weapons – 258 (1.3)%
Robbery – 191 (1.0)%
Theft from the person – 148 (0.8)%

How does Norwich compare against nearby areas ?

Norwich ranks 1st when compared against 25 nearby boroughs/local administrative districts.

List of nearby boroughs/local administrative districts from high crime rate to low (2023):

Heat map for all nearby areas Norwich is compared against

Crime rates in Norwich wards

There are 13 wards within Norwich. Mancroft, Thorpe Hamlet, Crome has highest crime rate (crime per 1000 residents). Below map shows 2023 crime rates broken down by crime types.

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List of all 13 wards from high crime rate to low.