Total Crime Rate

76.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 76.9 7/10
  • Shoplifting 52.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 9.6 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.8 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.8 4/10
  • Robbery 4.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Russell Avenue area has the 10th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Magdalen , and the 143rd highest 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 Russell Avenue (NR31 7QZ) in the last 12 months was 76.9 per 1,000 residents and was 3.2% higher than the Magdalen average (74.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 266.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 14.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Russell Avenue (NR31 7QZ), the main crime hotspot is near Gresham Close. Police recorded 17 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Russell Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pound Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Gloucester Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Poplar Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Gresham Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gresham Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gresham Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Clare Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gresham Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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