Total Crime Rate
1078.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Kent 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 2FG) 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 2FG), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Marlborough Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bath Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nightclub | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bath Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Bath Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Saxon Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Saxon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Suffolk Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Suffolk Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Suffolk Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Suffolk Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Marlborough Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crown Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Standard Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brittania Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brittania Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Melrose Terrace | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bermondsey Place East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bermondsey Place East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wilshere Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilshere Court | Under investigation |
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