Total Crime Rate
212.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
108.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Middlegate area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 29 local areas in Nelson , and the 43rd highest crime rate of 331 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 Middlegate (NR30 2RS) in the last 12 months was 212.0 per 1,000 residents and was 26.1% lower than the Nelson average (286.7 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 , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 108.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Middlegate (NR30 2RS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Orford Close, where police recorded 84 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Theatre/Concert Hall (46 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Great Yarmouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Peter'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abyssinia Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackfriars' Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yarmouth Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Louise Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Louise Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Louise Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Louise Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Louise Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Louise Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Abyssinia Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abyssinia Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abyssinia Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orford Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Malakoff Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malakoff Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malakoff Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malakoff Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Well Opening | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Well Opening | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Well Opening | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alma Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tolhouse Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tolhouse Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tolhouse Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tolhouse Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Theatre/Concert Hall | — |
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