Total Crime Rate

46.0 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 46.0 5/10
  • Other crime 11.5 10/10
  • Burglary 7.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.7 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 7.7 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.8 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.8 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Downing Court area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 28 local areas in Gorleston , and the 137th lowest 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 Downing Court (NR31 7BA) in the last 12 months was 46.0 per 1,000 residents and was 15.7% lower than the Gorleston average (54.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other crime with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -77.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Downing Court (NR31 7BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Keppel Road, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Paston Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Downing Court area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Middleton Gardens —
Sep 2025Other crime Downing Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Peterhouse Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft St Catherine'S Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Catherine'S Way —
Sep 2025Other theft Paston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Paston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Middleton Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Peterhouse Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Albemarle Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Clarke'S Road —
Sep 2025Other theft Nile Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Elm Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Suffield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nelson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nelson Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Poplar Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Stradbroke Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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