Total Crime Rate

317.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 317.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 100.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 51.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 46.2 8/10
  • Public order 32.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 29.9 10/10
  • Other theft 24.5 10/10
  • Burglary 16.3 10/10
  • Drugs 8.2 8/10
  • Robbery 5.4 7/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Yarmouth Road area has the highest crime rate of 20 local areas in North Walsham Market Cross , and the 4th highest crime rate of 373 local areas in North Norfolk .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Yarmouth Road (NR28 9AT) in the last 12 months was 317.9 per 1,000 residents and was 393.7% higher than the North Walsham Market Cross average (64.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -62.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 51 (≈ 138.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -32.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Yarmouth Road (NR28 9AT), the main crime hotspot is near Conference/Exhibition Centre. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Yarmouth Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Conference/Exhibition Centre Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Police Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
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Data Sources

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