Total Crime Rate
304.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Melrose Terrace area has the 10th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Nelson , and the 24th highest crime rate of 335 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 Melrose Terrace (NR30 3BN) in the last 12 months was 304.6 per 1,000 residents and was 2.3% higher 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 69 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 Criminal damage and arson ( -73.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 72 (≈ 206.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Melrose Terrace (NR30 3BN), the main crime hotspot is near Nightclub. Police recorded 73 crimes here, including 57 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Nelson| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | York Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxborough Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sultan Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Albert Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dagmar Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Dagmar Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dagmar Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dagmar Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wellington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Gate Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxborough Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nelson Road Central | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Oxborough Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wellington Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dagmar Mews | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Havelock Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kent Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Alma Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Well Opening | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Kent Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Bath Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bath Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bath Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St George'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Nelson Road Central | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Nightclub | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Edinburgh Place | Under investigation |
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