Total Crime Rate

89.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 89.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.5 6/10
  • Other crime 8.1 9/10
  • Other theft 8.1 7/10
  • Public order 8.1 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.4 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Hertford Way area has the 7th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Magdalen , and the 123rd highest crime rate of 335 local areas in Great Yarmouth .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hertford Way (NR31 7LH) in the last 12 months was 89.0 per 1,000 residents and was 19.3% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 53.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hertford Way (NR31 7LH), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Hertford Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Hertford Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft New College Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft New College Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fastolff Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Anne'S Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Edmund Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Magdalen Square Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cambridge Avenue
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Windsor Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windsor Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cambridge Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Robinson Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fastolff Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newnham Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St John'S Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Long Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Long Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newnham Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newnham Green Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Christ Church Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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