Total Crime Rate
302.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025York Road 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 York Road (NR30 2NA) 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 York Road (NR30 2NA), 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 | Dagmar Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Standard Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Standard Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bath Hill Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bath Hill Terrace | — |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Dagmar Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dagmar Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dagmar Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Middlegate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dagmar Mews | 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 | Other crime | Orford Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St George'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St George'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Trafalgar Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Melrose Terrace | — |
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