Total Crime Rate
38.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Queens Crescent area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Magdalen , and the 106th lowest crime rate of 335 local areas in Great Yarmouth .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Queens Crescent (NR31 7NN) in the last 12 months was 38.4 per 1,000 residents and was 48.6% lower 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 26.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 125.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 31.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Queens Crescent (NR31 7NN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pound Lane, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Peters Avenue (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Magdalen| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Poplar Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | St Benet'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | St Peters Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Peterhouse Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fastolff Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spens Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fastolff Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Clare Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | St Benet'S Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gloucester Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Peterhouse Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerville Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | St Benet'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pound Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Isis Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Edmund Close | Under investigation |
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