Total Crime Rate

650.7 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 650.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 181.5 10/10
  • Shoplifting 154.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 65.1 10/10
  • Public order 51.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.1 9/10
  • Other theft 37.7 10/10
  • Drugs 30.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 20.6 10/10
  • Other crime 17.1 10/10
  • Burglary 13.7 9/10
  • Robbery 13.7 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 10.3 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 6.9 8/10
  • Theft from the person 6.9 8/10
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

School Road Back area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Central and Northgate , and the 5th highest crime rate of 335 local areas in Great Yarmouth .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around School Road Back (NR30 1LB) in the last 12 months was 650.7 per 1,000 residents and was 127.0% higher than the Central and Northgate average (286.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 53 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 75 (≈ 256.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 9.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around School Road Back (NR30 1LB), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 76 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in School Road Back area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Limekiln Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Patterson Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Archer'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Lea Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rampart Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Rampart Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rampart Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rampart Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North River Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Rampart Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bure Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bure Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Laughing Image Corner Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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