Total Crime Rate

153.1 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 153.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 87.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.4 9/10
  • Other theft 6.3 6/10
  • Public order 6.3 5/10
  • Burglary 3.1 3/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Robbery 3.1 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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.
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Crime overview

Rodney Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 30 local areas in Nelson , and the 75th highest crime rate of 335 local areas in Great Yarmouth .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Rodney Road (NR30 2LJ) in the last 12 months was 153.1 per 1,000 residents and was 48.6% 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 1300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 96.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 1450.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rodney Road (NR30 2LJ), the main crime hotspot is near Alexandra Road. Police recorded 105 crimes here, including 68 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Rodney Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St George'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Bath Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bath Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bath Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bath Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bath Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Bath Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarendon Close
Sep 2025Other theft Clarendon Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarendon Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nottingham Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Middlegate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middlegate Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St George'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Trafalgar Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bath Hill Terrace Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nelson Road Central Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Orford Close
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Orford Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Orford Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Orford Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Orford Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Orford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regent Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Regent Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albion Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albion Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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