Total Crime Rate

109.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

58.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 109.8 8/10
  • Violent crimes 58.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.7 7/10
  • Public order 15.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.8 8/10
  • Drugs 7.8 7/10
  • Shoplifting 7.8 5/10
  • Other theft 3.9 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Deneside area has the lowest crime rate of 29 local areas in Nelson , and the 104th 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 Deneside (NR30 3AX) in the last 12 months was 109.8 per 1,000 residents and was 61.7% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 58.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Deneside (NR30 3AX), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Deneside area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dagmar Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Malakoff Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tolhouse Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tolhouse Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tolhouse Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tolhouse Street
Apr 2026Other theft Orford Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Orford Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Orford Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Abyssinia Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Abyssinia Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences York Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Abyssinia Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Malakoff Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Orford Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Malakoff Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Old Wellington Passage Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Orford Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Old Wellington Passage Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Old Wellington Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dagmar Mews Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Malakoff Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Dene Side
Apr 2026Drugs Well Opening Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Well Opening Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson St Peter'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order St Peter'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Orford Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Abyssinia Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Victoria Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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