Total Crime Rate

119.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

64.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 119.0 8/10
  • Violent crimes 64.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.3 9/10
  • Other theft 6.4 6/10
  • Public order 6.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cambridge Avenue area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Magdalen , and the 100th highest crime rate of 331 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 Cambridge Avenue (NR31 7EX) in the last 12 months was 119.0 per 1,000 residents and was 44.8% higher than the Magdalen average (82.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 14.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 64.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cambridge Avenue (NR31 7EX), the main crime hotspot is near Cambridge Avenue. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cambridge Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (22/22)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Isis Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nuffield Close —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nuffield Close —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hertford Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cambridge Avenue —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Cambridge Avenue —
Apr 2026Public order Brasenose Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Isis Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gonville Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Merton Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Merton Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nuffield Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime St John'S Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Newnham Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson St Edmund Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Nuffield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Campion Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Isis Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Greenacres —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greenacres Under investigation
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Data Sources

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