Total Crime Rate
109.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
58.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Blackfriars Road 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 Blackfriars Road (NR30 3BX) 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 Blackfriars Road (NR30 3BX), 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 (55 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 | Violence and sexual offences | New Wellington Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Victoria Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Standard Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Standard Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Peters' Plain | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Peters' Plain | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blackfriars' Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Louise Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Louise Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Louise Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Victoria Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Victoria Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Victoria Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Abyssinia Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abyssinia Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abyssinia Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orford Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orford Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orford Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Orford Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Orford Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Orford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Dagmar Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dagmar Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dagmar Mews | Under investigation |
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