Total Crime Rate
1000.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
628.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kent Mews area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Nelson , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 331 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 1000.0 per 1,000 residents and was 248.8% 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 153 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 169 (≈ 628.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kent Mews (NR30 2DA), the main crime hotspot is near Brittania Road. Police recorded 62 crimes here, including 38 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 | Oxborough Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Kent Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Albion Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Albion Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dagmar Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dagmar Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Dagmar Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Edinburgh Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edinburgh Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Victoria Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Victoria Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Victoria Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kent Square | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dagmar Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kent Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oxborough Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Peters' Plain | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Peters' Plain | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brandon Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafalgar Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafalgar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafalgar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafalgar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trafalgar Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Brittania Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brittania Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brittania Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Albion Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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