Total Crime Rate
617.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
363.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Regent Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Nelson , and the 5th highest crime rate of 331 local areas in Great Yarmouth .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Regent Road (NR30 2AB) in the last 12 months was 617.8 per 1,000 residents and was 115.5% higher than the Nelson average (286.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 114 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 139 (≈ 363.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Regent Road (NR30 2AB), 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 (113 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Peters' Plain | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Orford Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orford Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orford Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orford Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Police Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Police Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Peters' Plain | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Orford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Union Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dene Side | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Orford Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Suffolk Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | King Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hall Plain | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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