Total Crime Rate
161.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025St Johns Terrace area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 30 local areas in Nelson , and the 69th 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 St Johns Terrace (NR30 2NF) in the last 12 months was 161.6 per 1,000 residents and was 45.7% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 84.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 47.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Johns Terrace (NR30 2NF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Saxon Road, where police recorded 75 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (57 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Nelson| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilshere Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crown Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Crown Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Marlborough Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Marlborough Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Marlborough Terrace | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Marlborough Terrace | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Marlborough Terrace | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Gate Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxborough Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxborough Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Oxborough Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wilshere Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kent Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Camperdown | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Brandon Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Saxon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Havelock Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Saxon Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Road Central | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Saxon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Saxon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafalgar Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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