Total Crime Rate
452.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Magdalen Way area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Claydon , and the 11th highest crime rate of 335 local areas in Great Yarmouth .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Magdalen Way (NR31 7AA) in the last 12 months was 452.0 per 1,000 residents and was 353.8% higher than the Claydon average (99.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 650.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 156.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 129.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Magdalen Way (NR31 7AA), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 82 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Claydon| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hertford Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lady Margaret'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Catherine'S Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Exeter Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Exeter Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | St Benet'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | St Benet'S Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | St Benet'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Magdalen Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Worcester Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Lady Margaret'S Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lady Margaret'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Windsor Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Magdalen Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | New College Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | New College Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fastolff Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fastolff Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Anne'S Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Catherine'S Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Robinson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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