Total Crime Rate
153.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Rodney 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.
View Crime In Nelson| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nightclub | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St George'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Bath Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bath Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bath Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bath Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Clarendon Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Clarendon Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarendon Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nottingham Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Middlegate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Middlegate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St George'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Trafalgar Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bath Hill Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Road Central | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Orford Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Orford Close | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Orford Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Orford Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Orford Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Orford Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Orford Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Orford Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Regent Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albion Road | Under investigation |
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