Crime Rates at Kent Square, Great Yarmouth, NR30 2EX

Kent Square 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 Square (NR30 2EX) 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 Square (NR30 2EX), 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.