Total Crime Rate

79.0 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 79.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.1 10/10
  • Other theft 7.5 7/10
  • Public order 3.8 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.8 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Drudge Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Gorleston , and the 139th highest crime rate of 335 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 Drudge Road (NR31 6BF) in the last 12 months was 79.0 per 1,000 residents and was 44.8% higher than the Gorleston average (54.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -47.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 37.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Drudge Road (NR31 6BF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Keppel Road, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sussex Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Drudge Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bell'S Marsh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Nile Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Sussex Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Sussex Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Back Pier Plain Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Back Pier Plain Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pier Plain Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pier Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Pier Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Pier Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Limmer Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Pier Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nelson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pier Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Pier Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bell'S Marsh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Royal Albert Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nelson Road Action to be taken by another organisation
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Data Sources

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