Total Crime Rate
1044.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025King Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Central and Northgate , and the 4th highest crime rate of 335 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 King Street (NR30 2BA) in the last 12 months was 1044.2 per 1,000 residents and was 264.2% 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 189 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 4 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -5.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 261 (≈ 524.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around King Street (NR30 2BA), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 278 crimes here, including 125 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Central and Northgate| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Saxon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coniston Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Plain | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Priory Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dorset Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Gates | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Gates | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Orford Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coniston Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Theatre Plain | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre Plain | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre Plain | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre Plain | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre Plain | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre Plain | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Theatre Plain | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Theatre Plain | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Theatre Plain | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Theatre Plain | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Theatre Plain | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Theatre Plain | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Theatre Plain | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Theatre Plain | Under investigation |
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