Total Crime Rate
195.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Baker Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 28 local areas in Gorleston , and the 55th 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 Baker Street (NR31 6QT) in the last 12 months was 195.9 per 1,000 residents and was 259.3% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 99.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Baker Street (NR31 6QT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Palmer Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Gorleston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Sussex Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pier Plain | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dock Tavern Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dock Tavern Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Middleton Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pier Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Back Pier Plain | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Back Pier Plain | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Roslyn Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Palmer Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Clarke'S Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Sussex Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Suffield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Stradbroke Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Riverside Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Pier Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bussey'S Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Palmer Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Palmer Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bell'S Marsh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bell'S Marsh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Palmer Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Palmer Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Palmer Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Horsey'S Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Palmer Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Palmer Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Palmer Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Royal Albert Court | Under investigation |
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