Total Crime Rate
21.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
18.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lowestoft Road area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 27 local areas in Gorleston , and the 48th lowest crime rate of 331 local areas in Great Yarmouth .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lowestoft Road (NR31 6SP) in the last 12 months was 21.5 per 1,000 residents and was 55.7% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( 33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 18.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lowestoft Road (NR31 6SP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Keppel Road, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Springfield Road (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Gorleston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Suffield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Keppel Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Springfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarence Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Keppel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Keppel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Keppel Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Keppel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Keppel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nile Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Keppel Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Keppel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Upper Cliff Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Drugs | Leicester Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Keppel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Nile Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | England'S Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Middlestone Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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