Total Crime Rate
63.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Middleton Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Magdalen , and the 165th highest crime rate of 331 local areas in Great Yarmouth .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Middleton Road (NR31 7PG) in the last 12 months was 63.0 per 1,000 residents and was 23.3% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 33.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Middleton Road (NR31 7PG), the main crime hotspot is near Paston Road. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Great Yarmouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Suffield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albemarle Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Baliol Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Paston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Middlestone Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | B1370 | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Peterhouse Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Peterhouse Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | University Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Albemarle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Suffield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | B1370 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Suffield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Gloucester Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gloucester Avenue | Under investigation |
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