Total Crime Rate
1487.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Saxon Passage area has the highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Nelson , and the 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 Saxon Passage (NR30 2HY) in the last 12 months was 1487.0 per 1,000 residents and was 399.5% 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 72 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 180.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 90 (≈ 782.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 64.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Saxon Passage (NR30 2HY), the main crime hotspot is near Theatre Plain. Police recorded 251 crimes here, including 114 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Nelson| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre Plain | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanley Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Standard Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Standard Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St John'S Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Union Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre Plain | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre Plain | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Manby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre Plain | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Theatre Plain | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coniston Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coniston Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Apsley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Apsley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Apsley Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Paget Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paget Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Paget Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Paget Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Manby Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bath Hill Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Theatre Plain | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Nettle Hill West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bermondsey Place East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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