Total Crime Rate
35.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Middleton Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Magdalen , and the 105th lowest crime rate of 331 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 Middleton Road (NR31 7PY) in the last 12 months was 35.7 per 1,000 residents and was 56.5% 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violent crimes ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 10.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Middleton Road (NR31 7PY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pound Lane, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gresham Close (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Great Yarmouth| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Peterhouse Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Crow Hall Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Russell Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | St Hugh'S Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elm Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Peterhouse Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Gloucester Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Clare Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gloucester Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Crescent | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Crescent | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Crescent | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen'S Crescent | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lincoln Avenue | Under investigation |
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