Total Crime Rate
302.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Deneside area has the 11th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Nelson , and the 25th highest crime rate of 335 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 Deneside (NR30 2LY) in the last 12 months was 302.3 per 1,000 residents and was 1.5% 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 66 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 79 (≈ 179.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Deneside (NR30 2LY), 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre Plain | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Trinity Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Well Opening | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Well Opening | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Saxon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Trinity Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxon Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Saxon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | King Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Trinity Place | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Alma Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tolhouse Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nottingham Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Trafalgar Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sidney Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sidney Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Burleigh Close | Under investigation |
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