Crime in Norwich
Thinking about Norwich? This is the recent street-level crime recorded around the centre of Norwich, Norfolk, straight from the police and grouped by category.
Counts show where crimes were recorded, not how likely you are to be affected — a busy city centre always shows more than the quieter streets around it. To check a specific area, run its postcode through the crime checker. Comparing nearby? Try cambridge too.
Last updated: August 2026
Recorded crime near Norwich centre
798crimes recorded in September 2026
- Violence & sexual offences 263
- Shoplifting 166
- Anti-social behaviour 117
- Criminal damage & arson 57
- 10 other categories 195
Every category
- Violence & sexual offences263
- Shoplifting166
- Anti-social behaviour117
- Criminal damage & arson57
- Other theft47
- Public order44
- Drugs22
- Burglary20
- Robbery16
- Bicycle theft15
- Theft from the person9
- Other crime9
- Vehicle crime7
- Possession of weapons6
This is the recorded crime around the centre of Norwich. For a specific neighbourhood, open the crime checker and enter the postcode to centre the results there — with how to read the numbers and where the data comes from.
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Common questions
- Is Norwich a safe place to live?
- No single number answers that. The figures here show recorded crime near the centre of Norwich for the latest month available. For the areas you're actually considering, compare a few specific postcodes in the crime checker.
- Why is the Norwich crime data a couple of months old?
- Police forces publish to data.police.uk about two to three months in arrears, and it updates monthly, so the latest full month is always slightly behind. We label the month shown.
- Does this cover the whole of Norwich?
- It's the crime recorded within about a mile of the centre of Norwich. For a specific neighbourhood, enter its postcode in the crime checker to centre the results there.