Total Crime Rate

190.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 190.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 84.2 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 29.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 16.3 6/10
  • Public order 13.6 8/10
  • Other theft 10.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.2 4/10
  • Drugs 8.2 8/10
  • Burglary 5.4 6/10
  • Other crime 5.4 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Copperfield Avenue area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 30 local areas in Nelson , and the 57th highest crime rate of 335 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 Copperfield Avenue (NR30 3EB) in the last 12 months was 190.2 per 1,000 residents and was 36.1% lower 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -86.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 100.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -47.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 43.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Copperfield Avenue (NR30 3EB), the main crime hotspot is near Harbord Crescent. Police recorded 70 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Copperfield Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peggotty Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Battery Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Battery Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Battery Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Battery Road
Sep 2025Other theft Harbord Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Harbord Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harbord Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harbord Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harbord Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Micawber Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Peggotty Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Harbord Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft A1243 Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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