Total Crime Rate
330.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
205.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kings Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 50 local areas in Claydon , and the 21st highest crime rate of 331 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 Kings Road (NR31 7DW) in the last 12 months was 330.4 per 1,000 residents and was 234.2% higher than the Claydon average (98.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 205.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kings Road (NR31 7DW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Crab Lane, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near New College Close (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Great Yarmouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crab Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Anne'S Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Headington Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Headington Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | New College Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New College Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selwyn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Trinity Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forsythia Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forsythia Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Anne'S Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Anne'S Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crab Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crab Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arches Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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