Total Crime Rate
42.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Elm Avenue area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Magdalen , and the 122nd lowest crime rate of 335 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 Elm Avenue (NR31 7PL) in the last 12 months was 42.0 per 1,000 residents and was 43.6% 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 25.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elm Avenue (NR31 7PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Keppel Road, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Paston Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Magdalen| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Suffield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Poplar Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nile Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Albemarle Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Stradbroke Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Paston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Elm Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Downing Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Peterhouse Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gloucester Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | St Catherine'S Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | St Catherine'S Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Paston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Peterhouse Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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