Crime Rate in St Andrews, ward

St Andrews has the 4th highest crime rate of 17 wards in Great Yarmouth district and the 1016th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 78th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Andrews in the last 12 months was 124.0 per 1,000 residents and was 12.2% higher than the Great Yarmouth district average (110.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Andrews’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 199 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 251 (≈ 50.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -0.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Andrews ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Keppel Road, with 47 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Paston Road (20 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.