Total Crime Rate

277.1 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 277.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 99.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 57.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.1 9/10
  • Other crime 18.5 10/10
  • Other theft 16.2 9/10
  • Shoplifting 13.9 6/10
  • Drugs 11.6 9/10
  • Public order 11.6 8/10
  • Burglary 9.2 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.6 7/10
  • Robbery 4.6 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.6 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.3 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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 14th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Nelson , and the 30th 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 2RX) in the last 12 months was 277.1 per 1,000 residents and was 6.9% 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 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 120.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Middlegate (NR30 2RX), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 124 crimes here, including 65 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Middlegate area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pier Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Peter'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Orford Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Orford Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Orford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Orford Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mariners' Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Peter'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Orford Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Peter'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Alma Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Havelock Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour South Quay
Sep 2025Other theft Burleigh Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Burleigh Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oxborough Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Orford Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Orford Close
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarendon Close
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Well Opening Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sidney Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dorset Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Dorset Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sidney Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Well Opening Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarendon Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pier Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nottingham Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Wellington Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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