Total Crime Rate

188.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 188.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 92.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 44.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 36.0 10/10
  • Other theft 8.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.0 6/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Middlegate 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 Middlegate (NR30 2RS) 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 Middlegate (NR30 2RS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Orford Close, where police recorded 97 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Theatre/Concert Hall (51 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Middlegate area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Alma Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tolhouse Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dorset Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Yarmouth Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Trinity Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trinity Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Orford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarence Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Orford Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order New Wellington Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour King Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences King Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queen'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour King Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Wellington Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Peter'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Theatre/Concert Hall Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Burleigh Close
Sep 2025Other theft Burleigh Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sidney Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sidney Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nottingham Way Under investigation

Data Sources

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