Total Crime Rate
457.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
237.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Suffolk Place 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 Suffolk Place (NR30 2BN) 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 Suffolk Place (NR30 2BN), the main crime hotspot is near Theatre Plain. Police recorded 233 crimes here, including 99 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Bath Hill Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Well Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre Plain | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre Plain | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre Plain | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre Plain | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre Plain | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Well Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Well Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Well Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Theatre Plain | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Theatre Plain | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre Plain | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre Plain | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre Plain | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre Plain | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Theatre Plain | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre Plain | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trafalgar Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brittania Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brittania Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Brittania Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Euston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Euston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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