Total Crime Rate
205.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
126.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lancaster Square area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 29 local areas in Nelson , and the 46th highest crime rate of 331 local areas in Great Yarmouth .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lancaster Square (NR30 2JZ) in the last 12 months was 205.6 per 1,000 residents and was 28.3% lower 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 39 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 22.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 126.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lancaster Square (NR30 2JZ), the main crime hotspot is near Alexandra Road. Police recorded 132 crimes here, including 79 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 | Standard Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Saxon Passage | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Peter'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Peter'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Saxon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxon Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxon Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Road Central | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Road Central | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nelson Road Central | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Victoria Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Victoria Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Victoria Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Old Wellington Passage | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Old Wellington Passage | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Old Wellington Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Victoria Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Victoria Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Wellington Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St George'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trafalgar Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Standard Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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