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 2NW) 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 2NW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 113 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Alexandra Road (68 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Nelson| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Orford Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St George'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Alexandra Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Trinity Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Trinity Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St George'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Trinity Place | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Trinity Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Alexandra Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Alexandra Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Alexandra Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Alexandra Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Trafalgar Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pier Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Burleigh Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Burleigh Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarendon Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Clarendon Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarendon Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | South Quay | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tolhouse Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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