Total Crime Rate
1078.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kent Mews area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Nelson , and the 3rd 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 Kent Mews (NR30 2DA) in the last 12 months was 1078.1 per 1,000 residents and was 262.2% higher than the Nelson average (297.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 169 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Theft from the person ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 191 (≈ 710.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 25.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kent Mews (NR30 2DA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Saxon Road, where police recorded 75 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (57 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Nelson| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Marlborough Terrace | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Victoria Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxon Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Saxon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Alma Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Marlborough Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Marlborough Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Marlborough Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bermondsey Place East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brittania Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Regent Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Saxon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brittania Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Brittania Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brittania Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sultan Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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