Total Crime Rate
400.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
222.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Devonshire Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Nelson , and the 14th highest crime rate of 331 local areas in Great Yarmouth .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Devonshire Road (NR30 3AL) in the last 12 months was 400.0 per 1,000 residents and was 39.5% higher 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 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 222.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Devonshire Road (NR30 3AL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Edinburgh Place, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Albert Road (38 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 | Criminal damage and arson | St Peter'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theme/Adventure Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abyssinia Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abyssinia Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abyssinia Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Abyssinia Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bath Hill Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Peter'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theme/Adventure Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theme/Adventure Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theme/Adventure Park | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Albert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Nelson Road Central | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Road | 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 | Drugs | Louise Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Louise Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Albert Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Road Central | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Trafalgar Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafalgar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kimberley Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Kimberley Terrace | Under investigation |
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