Total Crime Rate
992.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
498.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Regent Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Central and Northgate , and the 4th highest crime rate of 331 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 Regent Street (NR30 1RN) in the last 12 months was 992.0 per 1,000 residents and was 266.3% 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 158 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 7 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -28.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 248 (≈ 498.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Regent Street (NR30 1RN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Theatre Plain, where police recorded 233 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (131 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Great Yarmouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Swirle'S Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Patterson Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Patterson Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | King Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | King Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fitzalan Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Francis Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coronation Terrace | Under investigation |
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