Total Crime Rate

238.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 238.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 132.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.8 9/10
  • Other crime 17.8 10/10
  • Public order 17.8 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.1 7/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Other theft 5.1 5/10
  • Burglary 2.5 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.5 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.5 2/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Paston Place area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 30 local areas in Nelson , and the 43rd highest crime rate of 335 local areas in Great Yarmouth .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Paston Place (NR30 2JU) in the last 12 months was 238.6 per 1,000 residents and was 19.9% lower 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 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 60 (≈ 152.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Paston Place (NR30 2JU), 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

Crime Over Time in Paston Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bath Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dagmar Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dagmar Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Bath Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bath Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bath Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bath Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dagmar Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Bath Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bath Hill Terrace
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bath Hill Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Standard Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Standard Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Melrose Terrace
Sep 2025Other theft Victoria Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dagmar Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dagmar Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St John'S Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Regent Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime York Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences York Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Peter'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Peter'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Peter'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albion Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albion Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regent Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St George'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.