Total Crime Rate
457.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
237.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Regent Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Central and Northgate , and the 11th highest crime rate of 331 local areas in Great Yarmouth .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Regent Road (NR30 2AF) in the last 12 months was 457.6 per 1,000 residents and was 69.0% 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 56 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 70 (≈ 237.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Regent Road (NR30 2AF), 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 (104 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 | Bath Hill Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Union Road | — |
| 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 | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | North Market Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bermondsey Place East | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Suffolk Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Suffolk Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Suffolk Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Suffolk Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxborough Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dene Side | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alexandra Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alexandra Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Alexandra Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | The Crans | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Under investigation |
| 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 | Coniston Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Swirle'S Place | Under investigation |
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