Total Crime Rate
89.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hertford 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.
View Crime In Magdalen| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hertford Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | New College Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | New College Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fastolff Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Anne'S Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Edmund Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Magdalen Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cambridge Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Windsor Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Windsor Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cambridge Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Robinson Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fastolff Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newnham Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St John'S Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Long Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newnham Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newnham Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Christ Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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