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Safest Areas in Norwich

Data: 2025-04 to 2026-03 · Source: data.police.uk

Burglaries (12 months)

568

2.60 per 1,000 residents

UK average (per 1,000)

3.4

England & Wales

vs UK average

-23%

burglary rate difference

Safest neighbourhoods in Norwich

Ranked by burglary rate, lowest first

1

Plumstead

0.56/1,000
Safety score: 95
2

Thorpe St Andrew South East

0.70/1,000
Safety score: 94
3

Spixworth with St Faiths

0.87/1,000
Safety score: 92
4

New Costessey

0.87/1,000
Safety score: 92
5

Sprowston East

1.05/1,000
Safety score: 89
6

Thorpe St Andrew North West

1.09/1,000
Safety score: 88
7

Sprowston Central

1.12/1,000
Safety score: 87
8

Old Catton and Sprowston West

1.18/1,000
Safety score: 86
9

Hellesdon South East

1.29/1,000
Safety score: 84
10

Bowthorpe

1.53/1,000
Safety score: 78
11

Brundall

1.77/1,000
Safety score: 73
12

University

1.84/1,000
Safety score: 71
13

Old Costessey

1.86/1,000
Safety score: 70
14

Horsford and Felthorpe

1.93/1,000
Safety score: 68
15

Hellesdon North West

1.94/1,000
Safety score: 68
16

Sewell

2.03/1,000
Safety score: 66
17

Poringland, Framinghams & Trowse

2.18/1,000
Safety score: 62
18

Mile Cross

2.50/1,000
Safety score: 54
19

Catton Grove

2.60/1,000
Safety score: 51
20

Crome

2.87/1,000
Safety score: 45
21

Drayton South

2.91/1,000
Safety score: 45
22

Lakenham

2.96/1,000
Safety score: 44
23

Eaton

3.20/1,000
Safety score: 39
24

Town Close

3.38/1,000
Safety score: 36
25

Wensum

3.66/1,000
Safety score: 31
26

Nelson

3.88/1,000
Safety score: 28
27

Thorpe Hamlet

6.87/1,000
Safety score: 6
28

Mancroft

7.28/1,000
Safety score: 5

Burglary hotspots in Norwich

Ranked by burglary rate, highest first

1

Mancroft

7.28/1,000
Safety score: 5
2

Thorpe Hamlet

6.87/1,000
Safety score: 6
3

Nelson

3.88/1,000
Safety score: 28
4

Wensum

3.66/1,000
Safety score: 31
5

Town Close

3.38/1,000
Safety score: 36
6

Eaton

3.20/1,000
Safety score: 39
7

Lakenham

2.96/1,000
Safety score: 44
8

Drayton South

2.91/1,000
Safety score: 45
9

Crome

2.87/1,000
Safety score: 45
10

Catton Grove

2.60/1,000
Safety score: 51
11

Mile Cross

2.50/1,000
Safety score: 54
12

Poringland, Framinghams & Trowse

2.18/1,000
Safety score: 62
13

Sewell

2.03/1,000
Safety score: 66
14

Hellesdon North West

1.94/1,000
Safety score: 68
15

Horsford and Felthorpe

1.93/1,000
Safety score: 68
16

Old Costessey

1.86/1,000
Safety score: 70
17

University

1.84/1,000
Safety score: 71
18

Brundall

1.77/1,000
Safety score: 73
19

Bowthorpe

1.53/1,000
Safety score: 78
20

Hellesdon South East

1.29/1,000
Safety score: 84
21

Old Catton and Sprowston West

1.18/1,000
Safety score: 86
22

Sprowston Central

1.12/1,000
Safety score: 87
23

Thorpe St Andrew North West

1.09/1,000
Safety score: 88
24

Sprowston East

1.05/1,000
Safety score: 89
25

Spixworth with St Faiths

0.87/1,000
Safety score: 92
26

New Costessey

0.87/1,000
Safety score: 92
27

Thorpe St Andrew South East

0.70/1,000
Safety score: 94
28

Plumstead

0.56/1,000
Safety score: 95

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Households

97,413

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Crime data from data.police.uk. Population data from Census 2021. Data covers 2025-04 to 2026-03.