Total Crime Rate
138.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Brasenose Avenue area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Magdalen , and the 85th 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 Brasenose Avenue (NR31 7JP) in the last 12 months was 138.3 per 1,000 residents and was 85.4% higher than the Magdalen average (74.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 90.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 47.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brasenose Avenue (NR31 7JP), the main crime hotspot is near Cambridge Avenue. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Magdalen| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fastolff Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cambridge Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spens Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Magdalen Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Isis Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Edmund Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | The Willows | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Antony'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Robinson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newnham Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fastolff Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hertford Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newnham Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newnham Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cambridge Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St John'S Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Christ Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Christ Church Road | Awaiting court outcome |
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