Total Crime Rate

262.9 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 262.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 103.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 30.2 10/10
  • Other theft 8.6 7/10
  • Public order 8.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.6 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.3 7/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Drugs 4.3 5/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Lowestoft Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Gorleston , and the 38th highest crime rate of 335 local areas in Great Yarmouth .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lowestoft Road (NR31 6NB) in the last 12 months was 262.9 per 1,000 residents and was 382.3% higher than the Gorleston average (54.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 60.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lowestoft Road (NR31 6NB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Keppel Road, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stradbroke Road (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lowestoft Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Royal Albert Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Suffield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Elm Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nelson Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Other crime Downing Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Nile Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarke'S Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nelson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Albemarle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Stradbroke Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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