Total Crime Rate

294.4 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 294.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 97.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 52.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 47.2 10/10
  • Public order 38.9 10/10
  • Drugs 22.2 10/10
  • Burglary 5.6 6/10
  • Other theft 5.6 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.6 8/10
  • Theft from the person 5.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.8 3/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Robbery 2.8 2/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Church Plain area has the 9th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Central and Northgate , and the 27th highest crime rate of 335 local areas in Great Yarmouth .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Church Plain (NR30 1NF) in the last 12 months was 294.4 per 1,000 residents and was 2.7% 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 144.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 5.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Plain (NR30 1NF), the main crime hotspot is near Theatre Plain. Police recorded 251 crimes here, including 114 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Church Plain area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Stonecutters Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rampart Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Priory Plain Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Priory Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Town Wall Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Herries Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rampart Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Rampart Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Gates Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Patterson Close Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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