Total Crime Rate
201.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
127.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Suffolk Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Claydon , and the 47th highest crime rate of 331 local areas in Great Yarmouth .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Suffolk Road (NR31 0PY) in the last 12 months was 201.6 per 1,000 residents and was 103.9% higher than the Claydon average (98.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -55.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 127.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Suffolk Road (NR31 0PY), the main crime hotspot is near Hingley Close. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Great Yarmouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Humberstone Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Suffolk Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colomb Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colomb Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colomb Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colomb Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Colomb Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | High Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Highfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manby Road | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Manor Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Suffolk Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hingley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Burnt Lane | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Alpha Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fredrick Road | Under investigation |
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