Crime Rate in St Andrews, ward

St Andrews has the 4th highest crime rate of 17 wards in Great Yarmouth district and the 924th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (East of England), it has the 70th highest crime rate of 947 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Andrews in the last 12 months was 130.4 per 1,000 residents and was 14.7% higher than the Great Yarmouth district average (113.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Andrews’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 203 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 2 cases , down -60.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 116.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 255 (≈ 50.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Andrews ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 70 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Paston Road (24 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.