Total Crime Rate

43.2 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

25.2 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 43.2 4/10
  • Violent crimes 25.2 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 25.2 6/10
  • Other theft 7.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.6 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bells 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.

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Crime Over Time in Bells Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Keppel Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Clarke'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Albemarle Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Albemarle Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Suffield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Suffield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Suffield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Baker Street
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Baker Street
Apr 2026Other theft England'S Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Springfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Keppel Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pier Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pier Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pier Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Keppel Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Keppel Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Keppel Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Upper Cliff Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Keppel Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Keppel Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Leicester Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Keppel Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Keppel Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Nile Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Nile Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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