Total Crime Rate
188.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025King Street area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 30 local areas in Nelson , and the 59th 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 King Street (NR30 2PR) in the last 12 months was 188.0 per 1,000 residents and was 36.8% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 92.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around King Street (NR30 2PR), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 113 crimes here, including 62 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 | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Trinity Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Orford Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Orford Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Peter'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Peter'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Peter'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Orford Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Trinity Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Trinity Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Trinity Place | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Orford Close | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Orford Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Orford Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Middlegate | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorset Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Dorset Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| 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 | Middlegate | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mariners' Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Orford Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Trinity Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Nelson Road Central | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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