Total Crime Rate
43.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bells Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Gorleston , and the 123rd lowest crime rate of 331 local areas in Great Yarmouth .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bells Road (NR31 6BA) in the last 12 months was 43.2 per 1,000 residents and was 10.9% lower than the Gorleston average (48.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 25.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bells Road (NR31 6BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Keppel Road, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Back Pier Plain (10 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 | Shoplifting | Keppel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clarke'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Albemarle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albemarle Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Suffield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Suffield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Suffield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Baker Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Baker Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | England'S Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Springfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Keppel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pier Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pier Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pier Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Keppel Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Keppel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Keppel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Upper Cliff Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Keppel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Keppel Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Leicester Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Keppel Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Keppel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nile Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nile Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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