Total Crime Rate
24.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
20.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oak Road area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Claydon , and the 60th 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 Oak Road (NR31 8EA) in the last 12 months was 24.6 per 1,000 residents and was 75.1% lower than the Claydon average (98.9 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 Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 20.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oak Road (NR31 8EA), the main crime hotspot is near Oak Road. Police recorded 22 crimes here, including 15 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 | Shoplifting | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oak Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cherry Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cherry Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotoneaster Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cotoneaster Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cotoneaster Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cotoneaster Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cotoneaster Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Cotoneaster Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Beccles Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lady Margaret'S Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beccles Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lime Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Almond Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lavender Gardens | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sycamore Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wallflower Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crab Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crab Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kalmia Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kalmia Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Kalmia Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Cherry Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Road | Under investigation |
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