Total Crime Rate
1181.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
460.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Priory Plain area has the highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Central and Northgate , and the 2nd highest crime rate of 331 local areas in Great Yarmouth .
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 Priory Plain (NR30 1NQ) in the last 12 months was 1181.4 per 1,000 residents and was 336.3% higher than the Central and Northgate average (270.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 83 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 104 (≈ 460.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Priory Plain (NR30 1NQ), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 235 crimes here, including 120 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Great Yarmouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre Plain | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Swirle'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Frederick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Frederick Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ferrier Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehorse Plain | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coniston Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coniston Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Coniston Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre Plain | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Theatre Plain | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre Plain | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehorse Plain | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | West Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Market Gates | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Market Gates | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Gates | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Gates | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Gates | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Market Gates | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Market Gates | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Market Gates | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rampart Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rampart Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rampart Road | Under investigation |
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