Total Crime Rate
400.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
222.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Grove Cottages 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 Grove Cottages (NR30 3BE) 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 Grove Cottages (NR30 3BE), 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 | Vehicle crime | Victoria Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dagmar Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Dagmar Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dagmar Mews | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Louise Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dagmar Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dagmar Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malakoff Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dagmar Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dagmar Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Dagmar Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Standard Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Edinburgh Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edinburgh Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackfriars' Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Victoria Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Victoria Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Victoria Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bath Hill Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxborough Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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